Towards better practice in smallholder palm oil production

Jan 2006

Smallholder oil palm production has the potential to secure mutually beneficial outcomes for large and small producers and processors, enhance social and environmental sustainability at the landscape scale, ease land disputes between smallholders and large plantations and promote credibility among consumers – going beyond simple criteria for corporate responsibility.
The aim of this report, based on a literature review and inputs from key informants, is to provide a systematic overview of the main types of arrangements for smallholder palm oil production, and to identify the most promising current options for improving practice, particularly in arrangements of smallholders with plantation companies and government agencies. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has identified a need for such a review, and one purpose of this report is to feed into the work of the RSPO Smallholder Task Force.

By: S. Vermeulen, N. Goad (International Institute for Environment and Development)

 
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