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

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Title Oil Palm Contract Farming in Brazil: Labour Constraints and Inclusivity Challenges
 
Creator Brandão, F.
Schoneveld, George C.
 
Subject oil palms
labour
inclusive business
sustainability
development policies
 
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.
 
Date 2021-08-03
2021-06-21T02:58:27Z
2021-06-21T02:58:27Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier 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
0022-0388
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114020
https://www.cifor.org/library/8042
https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2021.1919629
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher Informa UK Limited
 
Source The Journal of Development Studies