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 cultivation improves living standards and human capital formation in smallholder farm households

D Chrisendo, H Siregar, M Qaim - World Development, 2022 - Elsevier
Oil palm cultivation is a controversial topic because of its manifold sustainability implications.
Recent research in Southeast Asia suggests that oil palm cultivation is associated with …

Smartphone use, off‐farm employment, and women's decision‐making power: Evidence from rural China

H Zheng, Y Zhou, DB Rahut - Review of Development …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Empowering women is an important goal of the United Nations' Sustainable Development
Goals, and studies have proposed various strategies to achieve this goal. However, few …

[HTML][HTML] Marriage customs and nutritional status of men and women

ES Elmira, BB Chichaibelu, M Qaim - Food Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Malnutrition remains a serious problem. While various nutrition policies exist, these often fail
to consider cultural factors. We contribute to the literature on culture and nutrition, focusing …

[HTML][HTML] Innovation for whom? The case of women in cattle farming in Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia

E Valerio, N Hilmiati, RS Thei, AS Barraza… - Journal of Rural Studies, 2024 - Elsevier
Rising beef demand in Indonesia, driven by population growth and urbanisation, presents
an opportunity for local cattle producers to increase their domestic market presence. To …

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

LM Ayompe, RN Nkongho, LM Wandum… - Sustainable …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Sub‐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 …

Participation in land rental and labor markets and agricultural economic performance of banana farmers in China

C Zhang, K Nie, Y Zhu - Land Use Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
The emerging marketization of agricultural factors allows farmers to expand agricultural
production by renting in farmland from land rental market or purchasing services through …

Labor displacement in agriculture: Evidence from oil palm expansion in Indonesia

C Kubitza, VV Krishna, S Klasen, T Kopp… - Land …, 2024 - le.uwpress.org
We analyze the labor market effects of oil palm cultivation among smallholder farmers in
Indonesia. Oil palm requires less labor per unit of land than alternative crops, especially less …

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 …

How does poverty alleviation relocation affect the non-agricultural employment of women's labor forces? Evidence from southern Shaanxi Province

Y Zhu, R Guan, J Yu - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the completion of the relocation task, fully promoting the non-agricultural employment of
relocated women is of great significance for improving the livelihood sustainability of …