Swimming Upstream: Local Indonesian Production Networks in “Globalized” Palm Oil Production

When agricultural commodities in developing countries experience an economic boom, they offer potential pathways out of poverty while creating environmental and social problems. While recent research provides insights into the governance of international supply chains, it provides less analysis of t...

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Published in:World development 2012-03, Vol.40 (3), p.555-569
Main Authors: McCarthy, John F., Gillespie, Piers, Zen, Zahari
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agribusiness
Agricultural commodities
Agricultural Economics
agricultural governance
Agricultural policy
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Business management
Commodities
Developing Countries
Economic development
Economics
Exports
Globalization
Governance
Government and politics
Indonesia
Methodological Problems
Networks
oil palm
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Poverty
Production
production networks
Production systems
Social Problems
Strategic planning
Studies
Supply chain management
supply chains
Vegetable oils
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Summary:When agricultural commodities in developing countries experience an economic boom, they offer potential pathways out of poverty while creating environmental and social problems. While recent research provides insights into the governance of international supply chains, it provides less analysis of the local production networks creating critical problems. Indonesia is now the world’s largest exporter of crude palm oil. This paper analyses processes of oil palm development in three oil palm districts. It considers how policy models, regime interests, and agribusiness strategies shape local production networks, generate local outcomes, and affect the possibilities of tackling issues associated with this boom.
ISSN:0305-750X
1873-5991
DOI:10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.07.012