Smallholding farmers' resilience towards economic and ecological disruption of oil palm plantations

Irham, Irham and Andani, Apri and Jamhari, Jamhari and Suryantini, Any (2021) Smallholding farmers' resilience towards economic and ecological disruption of oil palm plantations. In: IConARD 2021.

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Abstract

Indonesian smallholder oil palm plantations are facing both economic and ecological challenges, therefore the farmers struggle to be resilient. This study constructs two purposes, (1) to measure the resilience level of smallholder plantations, and (2) to assess the effect of economic and ecological disruption on smallholders' resilience. We interviewed a sample of 120 smallholders in South Bengkulu regency, Bengkulu Province, Indonesia. The methodology deploys a quantitative method (statistics and econometrics) to analyze the effect of disruptive incidents on smallholders' resilience. Resilience is indicated by farmers' ability to adapt to changes, to recover from downturn business conditions or catastrophes, to anticipate risk, and to innovate new designs of farming activities. Resilience is categorized as less or more resilient (binary). The economic disruption is triggered by production, market, and investment circumstances. Meanwhile, ecological disruption is resulted from natural disasters, climate change, farmer's treatment of the land, land fire, and government environmental policy. The result shows that more than 60 of smallholder oil palm plantations in Bengkulu Province are less resilient. Production uncertainty, bargaining position, climate change, and environmentally unfriendly farming behaviours increase the possibility of lowering smallholders' resilience level.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information: Library Dosen
Subjects: S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Agricultural Technology > Agro-Industrial Technology
Depositing User: Sri JUNANDI
Date Deposited: 17 Oct 2024 02:06
Last Modified: 17 Oct 2024 02:06
URI: https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/5212

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