Compared Palm Oil Sector in Indonesia and Cameroon (Task 1.5)

Raymond Nkongho is a Ph.D. student whose grant was funded partly by Cifor and partly by ANR through the SPOP project. Raymond is now heading to the last weeks of his Ph.D. The purpose of his thesis was to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the oil palm sector in Cameroon in order to understand the bottlenecks and opportunities of this sector to be further developed and provide wealth to the country. He also analysed the oil palm sector in Indonesia and made some comparisons in order to identify the most suitable strategies to apply in Cameroon.

Raymond's work has already given way to 3 publications and journals and 2 Cifor reports.

• Nkongho RN Historique su secteur palmier au Cameroun. Cifor OP 109.2014 (1 Mo)

• Nkongho RN. et al. Strengths and weaknesses of the smallholder oil palm sector in Cameroon. Oil Crops & Lipids 21(2)2014
• Nkongho RN. et al. The History of relationship between agro-industries and oil palm smallholders in Cameroon (forthcoming)
• Nkongho RN. et al. The Non-Industrial Palm Oil Sector in Cameroon CIFOR occasional paper (submitted)
• Nkongho RN. et al. Less oil but more money! Artisanal palm oil milling in Cameroon. African Journal of Agricultural Research (forthcoming)

Participatory Prospective Analysis (Task 2.1)

In the recent years, oil palm sector has become a key part of the Indonesian economy. The growth of oil palm has open a debate between conservation and development: some see palm oil as an alternative resource for the mitigation of climate change and for the improvement of people’s livelihood. The others see oil palm cultivation as harmful to biodiversity which creates social conflicts. In this research, based on the lessons learnt from Senamat Ulu and Batu Kerbau villages, Bungo district, we discuss the prospective views of the local people who are dealing with oil palm development in Jambi Province, Indonesia. Socio-economic analysis and stakeholder analysis were conducted to support the Participatory Prospective Analysis.

Outputs from the workshop on Participatory Prospective Analysis in Indonesia

Below are the links to the slides from the workshop in English (EN) and Bahasa Indonesian (ID), followed by the report in English from Soytavanh Mienmany, a master student who conducted the analysis as part of her master thesis under the supervision of Pillot D., Feintrenie L., and Levang P.

Outputs from the workshops on Participatory Prospective Analysis in Cameroon

Below are the links to the slides from the workshop in French followed by the reports from Sadou Haman DJOUMA (Université de Dschang, CIFOR)
Raymond Ndip NKONGHO (Université de Buea, Université Montpellier III, CIFOR)
Éric Thomas NDJOGUI (Univ. Douala, CIFOR)
Laurène FEINTRENIE (CIRAD)
Patrice LEVANG (IRD, CIFOR)