Oil palm production in Indonesia: carbon footprint and diversification options (2013-2019)

From 2013 to 2019, Ni'matul Khasanah carried out her PhD research at ICRAF in Bogor, under the supervision of Meine van Noordwijk and Maja Slingerland of the PPS group. The objectives of the project were (1) to estimate the carbon footprint of palm oil production in Indonesia when it is used as biofuel and express it as CO2 equivalent and emissions saving, and (2) to explore mixed oil palm systems as diversification strategy to increase farmer benefit and to reduce the carbon footprint. 

Project output:

• Paper: Multifunctional Land Equivalent Ratios of oil palm agroforestry (2020)
• Paper: Subsidence and CO2 emissions in a smallholder peatland mosaic in Sumatra (2018)
• Paper: Palm oil expansion in tropical forest margins or sustainability of production? (2017)
• Paper: Can intensification reduce emission intensity of biofuel through optimized fertilizer use? (2017)
• Paper: Aboveground carbon stocks in oil palm plantations (2015)
• Paper: No change in mineral soil carbon stock under oil palm plantations (2015)
• Policy brief: When can oil palm production qualify for a ‘carbon neutral’ claim? (2015
• Presentation: From oil palm monoculture to integration with crops and livestock (2018)
• PhD thesis: Oil palm production in Indonesia: carbon footprint and diversification options (2019)
• MSc thesis: Smallholder oil palm: space for diversification? (2017)

Contact person: Ni'matul Khasanah