Oil Palm Contract Farming in Brazil: Labour Constraints and Inclusivity Challenges

The Government of Brazil established their Sustainable Palm Oil Production Programme (SPOPP) in 2010, which sought to enhance the sustainability and inclusiveness of oil palm development in the Amazon. This paper evaluates how well oil palm contract farming promoted by SPOPP has delivered on its inc...

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Autores principales: Brandão, F., Schoneveld, George C.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Informa UK Limited 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114020
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description The Government of Brazil established their Sustainable Palm Oil Production Programme (SPOPP) in 2010, which sought to enhance the sustainability and inclusiveness of oil palm development in the Amazon. This paper evaluates how well oil palm contract farming promoted by SPOPP has delivered on its inclusive development objectives. Drawing on cross-section data collected in Northeast Pará, it analyses two recurrent SPOPP themes, namely (1) equitable participation and (2) labour allocation to plantation management. Our analysis demonstrates that household availability of land and labour resources strongly shapes patterns of inclusion and exclusion. Moreover, findings reveal that labour time allocation is influenced by hiring of external labourers, which increases when households are labour and land poor. These results give reason to question the utility of labour-oriented contract farming eligibility criteria, revealing important inclusive business and value chain development dilemmas.
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spelling CGSpace1140202024-08-27T10:37:11Z Oil Palm Contract Farming in Brazil: Labour Constraints and Inclusivity Challenges Brandão, F. Schoneveld, George C. oil palms labour inclusive business sustainability development policies The Government of Brazil established their Sustainable Palm Oil Production Programme (SPOPP) in 2010, which sought to enhance the sustainability and inclusiveness of oil palm development in the Amazon. This paper evaluates how well oil palm contract farming promoted by SPOPP has delivered on its inclusive development objectives. Drawing on cross-section data collected in Northeast Pará, it analyses two recurrent SPOPP themes, namely (1) equitable participation and (2) labour allocation to plantation management. Our analysis demonstrates that household availability of land and labour resources strongly shapes patterns of inclusion and exclusion. Moreover, findings reveal that labour time allocation is influenced by hiring of external labourers, which increases when households are labour and land poor. These results give reason to question the utility of labour-oriented contract farming eligibility criteria, revealing important inclusive business and value chain development dilemmas. 2021-08-03 2021-06-21T02:58:27Z 2021-06-21T02:58:27Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114020 en Open Access Informa UK Limited Brandão, F. and Schoneveld, G., 2021. Oil Palm Contract Farming in Brazil: Labour Constraints and Inclusivity Challenges. The Journal of Development Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2021.1919629
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labour
inclusive business
sustainability
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Brandão, F.
Schoneveld, George C.
Oil Palm Contract Farming in Brazil: Labour Constraints and Inclusivity Challenges
title Oil Palm Contract Farming in Brazil: Labour Constraints and Inclusivity Challenges
title_full Oil Palm Contract Farming in Brazil: Labour Constraints and Inclusivity Challenges
title_fullStr Oil Palm Contract Farming in Brazil: Labour Constraints and Inclusivity Challenges
title_full_unstemmed Oil Palm Contract Farming in Brazil: Labour Constraints and Inclusivity Challenges
title_short Oil Palm Contract Farming in Brazil: Labour Constraints and Inclusivity Challenges
title_sort oil palm contract farming in brazil labour constraints and inclusivity challenges
topic oil palms
labour
inclusive business
sustainability
development policies
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