Complexities of sustainable palm oil production by smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of California Irvineen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Buéaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationAPROCOM-PH Project, Cameroonen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Bamendaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationCameroon Development Cooperationen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUnited Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centreen_US
cg.contributor.donorUK Research and Innovationen_US
cg.coverage.countryCameroonen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CMen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionWest and Central Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierKomi Fiaboe: 0000-0001-5113-2159en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2674en_US
cg.identifier.iitathemeNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTen_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0968-0802en_US
cg.issue1en_US
cg.journalSustainable Developmenten_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.iitaFOOD SECURITYen_US
cg.subject.iitaFORESTRYen_US
cg.subject.iitaSMALLHOLDER FARMERSen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren_US
cg.volume32en_US
dc.contributor.authorAyompe, L.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorEgoh, B.N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNkongho, R.N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWandum, L.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOrang, B.O.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFiaboe, K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTambasi, E.E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKettunen, M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-25T09:16:40Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-09-25T09:16:40Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/131989en_US
dc.titleComplexities of sustainable palm oil production by smallholders in sub-Saharan Africaen_US
dcterms.abstractSub-Saharan Africa is increasingly viewed as an important area for oil palm cultivation and expansion. Palm oil is a commodity that can help developing countries like Cameroon attain their sustainable development goals (SDGs) targets through poverty alleviation (SDG 1) and by providing revenue to smallholder farmers to buy a variety of food thereby reducing hunger. However, due to the many negative environmental and social consequences, the sector needs to be made more sustainable. In this study, we set out to unpack the complexities including costs and benefits for smallholder farmers to practice sustainable palm oil production. We use both gray and peer-reviewed literature, conversational interviews with smallholder farmers and managers of certified palm oil mills, and a workshop with smallholders in Cameroon. We found that smallholders face several challenges including weak land tenure rights, the use of poor-quality seeds and low-yielding oil palms, and a lack of skills, expertise, and access to financing. Certification could help alleviate some of the challenges by providing access to financing, training to improve yields, access to better seedlings, and increased access to higher value markets. However, the certification cost is very high compared to the income from oil palm cultivation for most farmers. Farmers will therefore need considerable assistance from organizations and brokers to remain financially viable. Our study provides important insights to countries such as the EU, United Kingdom, and United States that are in the process of adopting legislation to regulate deforestation associated with imports of key commodities such as palm oil.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2023-07-17en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAyompe, L.M., Egoh, B.N., Nkongho, R.N., Wandum, L.M., Orang, B.O., Fiaboe, K., ... & Kettunen, M. (2023). Complexities of sustainable palm oil production by smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa. Sustianable Development, 1-13.en_US
dcterms.descriptionOpen Access Articleen_US
dcterms.extent1-13en_US
dcterms.issued2023en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherWileyen_US
dcterms.subjectdeforestationen_US
dcterms.subjectecosystemsen_US
dcterms.subjectconservationen_US
dcterms.subjectoil palmsen_US
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen_US
dcterms.subjectsustainabilityen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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