Title: Environmental indicator of oil palm cultivation for smallholder farmers.
Abstract: Abstract. The growth and performance of yield production of oil palm are depending on the good agricultural practices (GAP). Fundamentally, the sustainability of an agricultural land can be achieved through the implementation of GAP by oil palm farmers. The GAP is carried out by farmers to make sure the oil palm product meets the requirement of food security, safety, quality and environmental protection. However, it is not well-practiced by smallholder farmers due to limited knowledge and exposure on sustainable agriculture practices. Thus, the aim of this study is to develop a set of indicator for tracking and assessing environmental sustainability of oil palm cultivation for smallholder farmers. The set is developed through the specific objectives that are to examine the purpose of GAP, to review environmental indicator in the agriculture sector, and to recommend the environmental indicator to be adopted by smallholder farmers in oil palm cultivation context. The indicator of oil palm cultivation is assessed using content based analysis and interview. Meanwhile, the recommended environmental indicators are divided into three farm phases, namely farm preparation, management, and production. The set is basically used to test the sustainability of oil palm farm for the development of better quality of life between smallholder farmers in terms of environmental aspects. Later on, it would lead to the environmental, social, and economic sustainable development in the long run as the overall purpose of the study is to create awareness of a quality project design, and monitor, as well as manage the cross-cutting issues of the environmental aspects.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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