Oil palm boom: Its socioeconomic use and abuse

KT Sibhatu - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Oil palm cultivation has experienced explosive expansion in recent decades. Although the
oil palm boom has serious environmental and socioeconomic consequences, only …

[HTML][HTML] Oil palm expansion, food security and diets: comparative evidence from Cameroon and Indonesia

M Paul Jr, Z Alamsyah, KT Sibhatu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Farm households in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas continue to rapidly
adopt oil palm, often at the expense of rainforests and traditional food crops. The …

[HTML][HTML] Oil palm production, income gains, and off-farm employment among independent producers in Cameroon

M Paul Jr, EL Molua, MA Nanfouet, CJ Mkong… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
We examine the association of oil palm production with income and off-farm employment
using a farm household survey of independent oil palm producers in Cameroon. Employing …

The new normal? Cluster farming and smallholder commercialization in Ethiopia

GG Dureti, MPJ Tabe‐Ojong… - Agricultural …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cluster farming is increasingly recognized as a viable means of improving smallholder
economic integration and commercialization in many developing countries. However, little is …

Organic soil amendments and food security: Evidence from Cameroon

MPJ Tabe‐Ojong, AN Fabinin… - Land Degradation & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Food insecurity remains a persistent policy issue in many developing countries. While socio‐
political, epidemiological, climatic, and productivity‐related factors have received attention …

Do producer organisations promote environmental sustainability through organic soil investments? Evidence from Cameroon

MPJ Tabe-Ojong - Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines the relationship between cooperative membership and investments in
organic soil amendments in Cameroon. We use switching regressions to reduce selection …

Does community-based tenure prevent land grabbing? The oil palm case in Mexico

A Castellanos-Navarrete, MA Colocho-Rodríguez… - Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
The recent oil palm expansion has resulted in significant land losses for rural communities
globally, raising concerns about food security, poverty, and the loss of common resources …

Context matters: Oil palm production and women's dietary diversity in the tropical forest of Cameroon

MPJ Tabe‐Ojong - Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Oil palm is one of the most rapidly expanding food and cash crops in many tropical regions
with significant environmental implications, but also economic gains. Previous analyses …

A labelled dataset to classify direct deforestation drivers from Earth Observation imagery in Cameroon

A Debus, E Beauchamp, J Acworth, A Ewolo, J Kamga… - Scientific Data, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding direct deforestation drivers at a fine spatial and temporal scale is needed to
design appropriate measures for forest management and monitoring. To achieve this …

[HTML][HTML] Oil Palm Circular Mobility and Human Capital Outcomes: Strengthening Sustainable Development Goals

H Herdiansyah, R Mamola - Sustainable Futures, 2025 - Elsevier
The circular mobility of oil palm continues to evolve in tandem with the rapid development of
the global supply chain. The mobility of oil palm in developing countries is reportedly …