Author : Paul Nelson
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 27,15 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Palm oil industry
ISBN : 9781925747881
Book Description
"PNG's palm oil industry produces the country's most valuable agricultural export (over PGK 1,200 million in 2013), is the largest non-government employer, and directly supports approximately 20,000 registered smallholder grower families and an estimated 200,000 people. It underpins the cash economies of the main provinces in which it is grown; West New Britain, Oro, Milne Bay and New Ireland. In those provinces, future productivity of oil palm and other crops, future food security, integrity of surrounding ecosystems, and community well-being all rely on environmentally sustainable management of oil palm. The aims of this project were: a) To identify the main risks to environmental sustainability in and around oil palm fields, with particular reference to soil and water resources, and b) To establish and implement management practices that ensure environmental sustainability. These activities were designed to support environmental accreditation according to the Principles and Criteria of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), in which all PNG palm oil producers participate."--Page 6.