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Enhancing farmers' land productivity through sustainable palm oil certification: Strategies for promoting environmental and economic benefits in agricultural practices Rahutomo, Andreas Budi; Karuniasa, Mahawan; Frimawaty, Evi
Journal of Agrosociology and Sustainability Vol. 2 No. 2: (January) 2025
Publisher : Institute for Advanced Science, Social, and Sustainable Future

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61511/jassu.v2i2.2025.1131

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Background: With more than 40% of Indonesia's oil palm land under its management, smallholders still face challenges on the low land productivity and certification achievement. Methods: This research aims to develop a certification concept capable to increase the smallholders’ land productivity through descriptive statistics, grounded theory, content analysis, and Analytic Hiearachy Process. Findings: This research finds that ISPO and RSPO certified smallholders achieved 82% higher land productivity than the average conventional ones, in line with their compliance with certification and consistent GAP application. Fertilisation needs to be prioritised to increase productivity, with the GAP Application and Monitoring (RSPO) and Plant Maintenance (ISPO) as the supporting certification criteria. Conclusion: Synergy between ISPO and RSPO has a chance to increasing land productivity through certification compliance, hence accelerating smallholder certification achievement which would reduce deforestation rates from oil palm expansion. Novelty/Originality of this article: This study introduces a certification concept that combines ISPO and RSPO standards to enhance smallholder land productivity. It emphasizes the integration of fertilization, GAP application, and plant maintenance as key components for boosting productivity while ensuring certification compliance, offering a novel approach to reducing deforestation rates in Indonesia's oil palm sector.
Tinjauan kebijakan penyediaan kawasan hutan untuk pembangunan food estate Rahutomo, Andreas Budi; Alexander, M. Ikbal; Yustika, M, Miranda; Nurzirwa, Rizaldy Yudhista
Jurnal Bisnis Kehutanan dan Lingkungan Vol. 1 No. 1: (July) 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61511/jbkl.v1i1.2023.256

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The problem of food security in Indonesia has become an endless polemic from the era of President Soekarno's regime until now; providing food for all Indonesian people has still experienced many obstacles. Indonesia still needs help from other countries to meet people's basic needs by importing food from neighboring countries, such as rice imports from Thailand and soybeans, sugar, and garlic imported from foreign countries. Indonesia, as an agricultural country that should have a good level of food security, is still far from sufficient to meet food needs in its own country; this is what encourages the government to implement regulations that are expected to increase the level of food supply. The government has carried out various projects to answer challenges that continue to this day, from the Mega Rice Project in the Soeharto era to the formation of the Me-rauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE). In 2015, a 500,000-hectare food estate in Kalimantan was announced. In 2020, the issue of food security rose to the surface again due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This article explores the historical study of food estate discourse carried out by the government. It compares it with a critical review of the concept of food in Indonesia, the implementation of food estates, and food security from a literature review.