Abstract Oil palm has become one of the most important sources national income in Indonesia’s economic system. Jambi Province contributed 5.87 percent oil to production, with 8.54 land area, that supplies 57 Palm factories (PKS) Province. From an area 791,025 hectares palm, 66.66 was cultivated by smallholders. However, independent smallholder constraints replanting old or damaged tree from fin...

The supermarket expansion throughout emerging economies has caused dramatic shifts in fresh produce markets, impacting consumers and smallholders. As supermarkets begin to compete with open markets the sale of produce, new market opportunities emerge for smallholders, purchasing behaviours consumers. This research explores how large-scale is local staples largest urban an economy. Using interce...

Currently, the global economy is shaken by Covid-19 pandemic. Based on results of preliminary study at partner's location, it has economic limitations, including availability food supply which an impact non-productive communities, farmers and tenant around Taman Asoka Asri Housing, Tanjung Selamet, Medan Tuntungan, Medan, North Sumatra. All activities that will be carried out USU PPM proposing ...

In the face of a global pandemic, ever-present threat climate change and highly unstable economic social systems resource poor smallholder farmer is increasingly finding it harder to meet with daily challenges sustaining livelihood his family. This paper review smallholder’s rubber farmers, strategies adopted build resilience farmers technological adaptations sustain in Nigeria. The work looked...

An agricultural partnership is one of the ways adopted by oil palm plantation smallholders to survive and be sustainable in face global competition. The that based on a contract agreement also aimed at maintaining welfare involved smallholders. Partnership production part management system or mode economic agreed upon both large-scale companies unbalanced arrangement sometimes occurs due power ...

Abstract This paper evaluates the financial performance and risk of high-value tropical forestry under challenges faced by smallholders, using Vanuatu sandalwood as a case study. We developed model to predict returns from smallholder-based plantations. The was used investigate following issues typically smallholders: (i) what is impact smallholders harvesting trees at young ages because fear th...

As a collection of technologies that match the carrying capacity resources and environment, harmonize ecology life, balance quantity quality agricultural products in production, green production are regarded as an important means to help promote sustainable production. It includes scientific fertilization technology, water-saving irrigation biological control conservation tillage technology. Ho...

Abstract Malaysian oil palm plantations contributed 2.7% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2020 and became the world’s second largest producer after Indonesia. Unfortunately, expansion has always been linked to deforestation, greenhouse gas emissions, soil erosion. Despite negative environmental repercussions, there is no denying that rapid had beneficial social economic impacts. Therefore, th...

A mixed species reforestation program known as the Rainforestation Farming system was undertaken in the Philippines to develop forms of farm forestry more suitable for smallholders than the simple monocultural plantations commonly used then. In this study, we describe the subsequent changes in stand structure and floristic composition of these plantations in order to learn from the experience a...

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