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Shortening harvest interval, reaping benefits? A study on harvest practices in oil palm smallholder farming systems in Indonesia

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  • de Vos, Rosanne E.
  • Nurfalah, Lisa
  • Tenorio, Fatima A.
  • Lim, Ya Li
  • Monzon, Juan P.
  • Donough, Christopher R.
  • Sugianto, Hendra
  • Dwiyahreni, Asri A.
  • Winarni, Nurul L.
  • Mulani, Nadia
  • Ramadhan, Gilang
  • Imran, Muhammad Ali
  • Tito, Antonius P.
  • Sulistiawan, Pandu
  • Khoirul, Muhammad
  • Farrasati, Rana
  • Pradiko, Iput
  • Grassini, Patricio
  • Slingerland, Maja

Abstract

Smallholders are responsible for a large share of global palm oil production. Yet, in Indonesia, the main palm oil producing country, smallholders' yields remain low. Better management practices, including short harvest interval (HI, the number of days between two harvest rounds), could help to raise smallholder yields. However, at present, HI is long in smallholder fields and the drivers underlying this phenomenon are poorly understood.

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  • de Vos, Rosanne E. & Nurfalah, Lisa & Tenorio, Fatima A. & Lim, Ya Li & Monzon, Juan P. & Donough, Christopher R. & Sugianto, Hendra & Dwiyahreni, Asri A. & Winarni, Nurul L. & Mulani, Nadia & Ramadha, 2023. "Shortening harvest interval, reaping benefits? A study on harvest practices in oil palm smallholder farming systems in Indonesia," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 211(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:211:y:2023:i:c:s0308521x23001580
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103753
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