Plantation Life

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania Murray Li ◽  
Pujo Semedi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Political System ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Capitalist Production ◽  
Plantation Life ◽  
And Control

In Plantation Life Tania Murray Li and Pujo Semedi examine the structure and governance of Indonesia's contemporary oil palm plantations in Indonesia, which supply 50 percent of the world's palm oil. They attend to the exploitative nature of plantation life, wherein villagers' well-being is sacrificed in the name of economic development. While plantations are often plagued by ruined ecologies, injury among workers, and a devastating loss of livelihoods for former landholders, small-scale independent farmers produce palm oil more efficiently and with far less damage to life and land. Li and Semedi theorize “corporate occupation” to underscore how massive forms of capitalist production and control over the palm oil industry replicate colonial-style relations that undermine citizenship. In so doing, they question the assumption that corporations are necessary for rural development, contending that the dominance of plantations stems from a political system that privileges corporations.

scholarly journals Occupational Health and Safety in the Palm Oil Industry: A Systematic Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 159-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuruly Myzabella ◽  
Lin Fritschi ◽  
Nick Merdith ◽  
Sonia El-Zaemey ◽  
HuiJun Chih ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Growth Potential ◽  
Occupational Hazards ◽  
Psychosocial Disorders ◽  
Oil Palm Plantation

Background: The palm oil industry is the largest contributor to global production of oils and fats. Indonesia and Malaysia are the largest producers of palm oil. More than a million workers are employed in this industry, yet there is a lack of information on their occupational health and safety. Objective: To identify and summarize occupational hazards among oil palm plantation workers. Methods: A search was carried out in June 2018 in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Ovid. Relevant publications were identified by a systematic search of four databases and relevant journals. Publications were included if they examined occupational hazards in oil palm plantation workers. Results: 941 publications were identified; of these, 25 studies were found eligible to be included in the final review. Of the 25 studies examined, 19 were conducted in Malaysia, 2 in Costa Rica, and one each in Ghana, Indonesia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, and Cameroon. Oil palm plantation workers were found to be at risk of musculoskeletal conditions, injuries, psychosocial disorders, and infectious diseases such as malaria and leptospirosis. In addition, they have potential exposure to paraquat and other pesticides. Conclusion: In light of the potential of palm oil for use as a biofuel, this is an industry with strong growth potential. The workers are exposed to various occupational hazards. Further research and interventions are necessary to improve the working conditions of this already vast and growing workforce.

Design and Development of an Integrated Small-Scale Oil Palm Fruit Processing Mill

2011 ◽  
Vol 367 ◽  
pp. 739-743
Author(s):  
C.O. Ilechie ◽  
A.O. Akii Ibhadode ◽  
B.O. Abikoye
Keyword(s):  
Vegetable Oil ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Palm Kernel ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Palm Fruit ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Oil Crops ◽  
Fruit Processing

The oil palm (elaeis guneensis) is a very important economic crop in West Africa where it is native. The fruit bunch contains 23 to 30% oil and is the highest yielding of all vegetable oil crops. Palm oil is the second most important vegetable oil in world consumption and the first to be commercialized internationally. Africa and indeed Nigerian was the world’s highest producer of palm oil prior to 1961. Today, Nigeria is the fourth largest producer after Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. One of the main reasons given for this fall is lack of efficient mechanized processing equipment for the small-scale producers who produce over 80% of the country’s palm oil. Their methods of production are labour intensive, batch, tedious, inefficient, and produce poor quality oil, have low throughput, unable to extract palm kernel alongside palm oil and so productivity is low and products (palm oil and palm kernel) lack competitiveness. This work has developed a mechanized oil palm fruit processing mill with six fully integrated systems for extracting good quality palm oil and palm kernel, while utilizing process wastes as the main source of heat energy. Each system/unit is expected to operate at the best quoted system efficiency. Tests are ongoing to determine and confirm these efficiencies.

Digital Image Processing of Palm Oil Fruits

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas S.Y. Choong ◽  
Saad Abbas ◽  
Abdul Rashid Shariff ◽  
Rohaya Halim ◽  
Mohd Halim S. Ismail ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Digital Image Processing ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Digital Image ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Oil Content ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Red Color ◽  
Palm Oil Mill ◽  
And Control

The oil content of the flesh of mesocarp has direct relationship with color bands red, green and blue. By running intensive experiments, it was found that oil content correlated with the red color band, with a regression value of 0.86. The finding of this study may be useful for determining the ripeness of oil palm for harvesting and for the use in the operation and control of continuous steriliser in palm oil mill.

scholarly journals THE CHALLENGES FACING PALM OIL INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-33
Author(s):  
Sani Shehu ◽  
Mohd Afandi Salleh ◽  
Edy Fitriawan Syahadat
Keyword(s):  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Palm Kernel ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Government

The oil palm plantation can be found throughout West Africa and palm oil has contributed significantly towards the Nigerian exports. However, the palm oil industry in Nigeria was declining to 36.4% in 1969 and 13.2% in 1974 in spite of being the largest global exporting country at the beginning of 20th Century. Since then, domestic consumption has increased, slow growth in palm oil production and low output was delivered. The equipment of production is considered obsolete, the plantations are aging, the technology access is very little, and financing is insufficient. This indicated a threat and inefficiency of Nigerian palm oil industries to cater for the needs of people regardless of the increase in oil demand locally as the  palm kernel oil is becoming important food and raw materials. Due to this problem, Nigeria remained to receive palm oil from Malaysia even though the seedlings was originated from Nigeria. Other large importers include from Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo. This issue has caused Palm oil production in Nigeria to be more expensive and not competitive if compared to other countries like Malaysia and Indonesia. Hence, the objective of this paper explores the challenges facing palm oil industry in Nigeria using qualitative data through document and thematic analysis. The semi-structured interview was analysed by utilizing Atlas ti 8 software. The findings of the paper shows that there are challenges facing palm oil industry in Nigeria such as lack of good planting materials, poor funding, improper milling and lack of technology. From this, it is confirmed that there are numerous challenges facing palm oil industry in Nigeria which requires aids from the government from allocation of huge amount of its budget to agriculture and establish better policies for the palm oil industry that will attract more public and private investment. Keywords: Oil Palm, Palm Oil, Palm Oil industry in Nigeria, Challenges  

scholarly journals STUDY OF THE UTILIZATION OF PALM OIL INDUSTRY LIQUID WASTE

Konversi ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
An Nisa Fitria ◽  
Vandhie Satyawira Gunawan ◽  
Mardiah Mardiah
Keyword(s):  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Liquid Waste ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Palm Fruit ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunches ◽  
Plantation Crops

Palm oil is one of the plantation crops that have high economic value and is growing rapidly. The wider the area of oil palm plantations in Indonesia, the more palm oil mills will process palm fresh fruit marks and produce waste from processed palm oil, namely solid waste and liquid waste. Each tonne of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) processed at the plant will potentially leave waste of about 23% empty palm oil, 4% wet decanter solid, 6.5% shell, 13% fiber, and 50% liquid waste. This review will discuss the utilization of palm oil mill liquid waste (LCPKS) which is organic material that still contains many benefits such as nutrients, therefore the application of liquid waste is an effort to recycle some of the nutrients (recycling nutrients) which is followed by harvesting fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from oil palm so that it will reduce the cost of fertilization which is classified as very high for oil palm cultivation. During the processing of oil palm fruit into palm oil in the palm oil industry, the remaining process is obtained in the form of liquid waste. If done properly, the liquid waste of the palm oil industry is considerable potential and can increase the added value of waste itself.Keywords: liquid waste industry, palm oil, utilization  

scholarly journals KONTRIBUSI AGROINDUSTRI KELAPA SAWIT TERHADAP KESEJAHTERAAN MASYARAKAT MELALUI PROGRAM CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-84
Author(s):  
Esli Zuraidah
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Limited Liability ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Limited Liability Company ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Corporate Social

Abstrak:Agroindustri Kelapa Sawit merupakan badan usaha yang bergerak di bidang perkebunan dan pengolahan kelapa sawit. Dalam UU Perseroan terbatas tahun 2007, menjelaskan bahwa setiap perusahan memiliki tanggung jawab moral terhadap masyarakat dan lingkungan perusahaan beroperasi. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) atau Tanggungjawab Sosial Perusahaan (TSP) adalah kewajiban suatu badan usaha terhadap stakeholder, masyarakat dan lingkungan atau etika perusahasaan dalam menjalankan usahanya. Hal ini tercantum pada prinsip dasar CSR, selain mencari laba sebanyak mungkin (profit), dan membuat perusahaan lebih berkembang (Planet), perusahaan juga memiliki tanggung jawab untuk memberikan kesejahteraan kepada masyarakat (People). Dengan kata lain, fungsi CSR adalah sebagai perpanjangan tangan atas kepedulian perusahaan terhadap kesejahteraan ekonomi, pendidikan, kesehatan, dll. Kepedulian tersebut diaplikasikan melalui pemberian kontribusi oleh perusahaan kepada masyarakat maupun lingkungan sekitar. Penelitian ini mengungkap kontribusi Industri Kelapa Sawit dalam bidang ekonomi, pendidikan dan proses pelaksanaan kontribusi yang diaplikasikan melalui program CSR Kelapa Sawit. Kata Kunci: Kontribusi, Kesejahteraan Masyarakat, Corporate Social Responsibility Abstract: Oil Palm agroindustry is a business entity engaged in the plantation and processing of oil palm. In the limited liability company act of 2007 explains that every company has a moral reponsibility to society and the corporate environment operates. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the obligation of a business entity to the stakeholders, society and environment or company ethics in basic principles of CSR, in addition to making as much profit as possible and make the company more developed, the company also has responsibility to provide prosperity to the community. In other words, the function of CSR is as an extension of the company’s concern for the welfare of the economy, education, health and others. Tersebut corcern is applied through the contribution by the company to the community and surrouding environment. This research reveals the contribution of the palm oil industry in the field of economy, education and the implementation process of contribution applied through the palm oil CSR program.

scholarly journals Kultivasi Budaya Pemuda Kubu dalam Hutan-hutan Dharmasraya Sumatera Barat

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-50
Author(s):  
Ahmad Arrozy ◽  
Nenan Angenani Titis ◽  
Fuji Riang Prastowo
Keyword(s):  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Shifting Cultivation ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
The Other ◽  
Swidden Agriculture ◽  
Living Space ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
Place Of Origin

This study aims to describe changes in the culture of youth Kubu in Dharmasraya Forest, West Sumatra. Bulangan forest was a place of origin and home for the Kubu community. The expansion of the oil palm company againts Bulangan Forest caused the Kubu community to move to Padang Hilalang forest and started to develop shifting cultivation. Nomad tradition (Melangun) began to be replaced because of Kubu community loss forest as living space due to the palm oil industry mechanism. The results of the study showed that there was a change in the forests which were the native habitat of the Kubu community. It made communal compulsion that it was necessary to continue swidden agriculture.  The economic transactions with the other communities are one of the accesses of the Kubu youth to interact with the outside of the forest, but at the same time seize the continuity tradition and the living space the young Kubu. This cultural research uses observational data and grounded theory methods based on the conceptualization of anthropological Kubu pioneered by Gerard Persoon (1989).

Refined past, current and future greenhouse gas footprints of palm oil production

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Meijide ◽  
Cristina de la Rúa ◽  
Martin Ehbrecht ◽  
Alexander Röll
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Elaeis Guineensis ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Plantation Life ◽  
Alternative Scenarios ◽  
Business As Usual

<p>Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is the most important oil crop in the world, with more than 85% of the global production coming from Indonesia and Malaysia. However, knowledge of country-wide past, current and likely future greenhouse gas (GHG) footprints from palm oil production remains largely incomplete. Over the past year, first studies reporting measurements of net ecosystem carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) fluxes in oil palm plantations of different ages and on different soil types became available. Combining the recent CO<sub>2 </sub>flux estimates with existing measurements on methane and nitrous oxide fluxes allows for a refined quantification of the GHG footprint of palm oil production over the whole plantation life cycle.</p><p>To derive country-wide GHG emissions from palm oil production for both Indonesia and Malaysia, we applied the refined GHG footprint estimates to oil palm area extents. Therein, we differentiated between mineral and peat soils, second- and first-generation plantations and within the latter category also among previous land-use systems from which conversion to oil palm likely occurred. For deriving the current (2020) proportions for each category, we combined FAO data with existing remotely sensed maps on oil palm extent and tree density as well as peatland and intact forest layers. These area proportions were then applied to available historic (1970 – 2010) and future (2030 – 2050) oil palm extent estimates as a business-as-usual scenario (BAU), complemented by alternative scenarios. GHG footprint estimates comprise all GHG emissions from palm oil production, i.e. from land-use change, cultivation, milling and use.</p><p>Our refined approach estimates the 2020 GHG emissions from palm oil production at 1011 Tg CO<sub>2</sub>-eq. yr<sup>-1</sup> for Indonesia and at 261 Tg CO<sub>2</sub>-eq. yr<sup>-1</sup> for Malaysia. Our results show that while plantations on peatland only represented 17% and 15% of the total plantation area in 2020 for Indonesia and Malaysia, they accounted for 73% and 72% of the total GHG emissions from palm oil production. Emissions in 1980 and 2000 were estimated to be only 1% and 14% of the 2020 palm oil emissions for Indonesia, but already 24% and 96% for Malaysia due to the earlier oil palm expansion. Projected emissions for 2050, assuming further oil palm expansion on suitable land and constant yields from 2020 on, represent 64% of the 2020 value for Indonesia and 97% for Malaysia under a BAU expansion scenario. These lower or constant GHG emissions for future scenarios despite assumed increases in cultivated area are the consequence of lower GHG emissions in second and subsequent rotation cycles. For both countries, the 2050 BAU emissions could be reduced by more than 50% by halting all conversion of peatlands and forests to oil palm from 2020 on, and by more than 75% when additionally restoring all peatlands currently under oil palm to forest until 2050. Closing yield gaps could potentially lead to further emissions savings.   </p>

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