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Smallholder palm oil financing in Indonesia: Needs and opportunities for sustainable finance intervention

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Published January 2016 by Rainforest Alliance. Authored by Roy, H. and Krecik, S.G.

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Research Focus

Sustainability Approaches:

Voluntary Sustainability Standards

Sustainability Tools:

Rainforest Alliance (RA)

Sustainability Issues:

Livelihoods
Participant costs and benefits

Outcomes of Interest:

Access to credit
Training

Specific Themes:

Audits and assurance
Cooperatives
Finance

Sectors:

Agriculture

Products:

Palm oil

Sustainable Development Goals:

SDG 1 - No Poverty
SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
Region/Country:

Geographies:

Asia

Countries:

Indonesia

Summary

The study is focussed on informing Rainforest Alliance's technical assistance packages for palm oil producers in Indonesia, explore financing opportunities in the sector as well as to promote access to finance that can enable renovation and livelihood improvement efforts of the smallholder pal oil producers. Literature review as well as financial modelling and cost benefit analysis was undertaken for the purpose of this study.

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