oil palm

Oil Palm Smallholding by Longhouse Villagers in Inland Area, Sarawak　[Yumi Kato, Ryoji Soda]

Posted on 2013/04/09 by nakane

Oil Palm Smallholding by Longhouse Villagers in Inland Area, Sarawak Yumi Kato（Waseda University Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies） Ryoji Soda（Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka City University） Introduction 　The recent growth of oil palm agriculture in Sarawak, Malaysia is remarkable. In the 1990s, the area planted with oil palm was less than 200,000 hectares. In 2004, it was more than 500,000 hectares and it reached 920,000 hectares in 2010. （Fig.1） Fig.1: The expansion of the area of oil palm agriculture in Sarawak (1991-2009)(ha) Source: Yearbook of Statistics Sarawak, Malaysian Palm Oil Statistics 2007, 2010 　In general, oil palm plantations are created after clear-cutting over a wide range of existing […]

The group of Oil Palm Research Study will hold a session at Japan Society for Southeast Asian Studies on June 3 (Sun.) 2012

Posted on 2012/05/23 by nakane

The group of Oil Palm Research Study will hold a session at upcoming Japan Society for Southeast Asian Studies in Kyoto. Our fellow project member, Mr. Ubukata will present his study at this session meeting. 【Theme】 “The expansion of oil palm cultivation in Southeast Asia and the transformation of local communities” June 3,(Sun.)（3rd site：3rd fl. Room F303） 9:30　Overview 9:40　Report session 1 　 10:20　Report session 2 　 11:00　Report session 3 “Industrial ecology of oil palm and pulp: a comparative research case in Southeast Asia” 　Fumikazu Ubukata（Okayama University） 11:40　Commentary Discussion 12:30　Lunch Break The details of the program and access and information is here.