Coproducing a research agenda for sustainable palm oil
The rise of palm oil as the world's most consumed vegetable oil has coincided with exponential growth in palm oil research activity. Bibliometric analysis of research outputs reveals a distinct imbalance in the type of research being undertaken, notably a disproportionate focus on biofuel and e...
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| author | Rory Padfield Sune Hansen Zoe G. Davies Albrecht Ehrensperger Eleanor M. Slade Stephanie Evers Effie Papargyropoulou Cécile Bessou Norhayati Abdullah Susan Page Marc Ancrenaz Paul Aplin Shahirah Balqis Dzulkafli Holly Barclay Darshanaa Chellaiah Sonal Choudhary Samantha Conway Sarah Cook Alison Copeland Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz Nicolas J. Deere Simon Drew David Gilvear Ross Gray Tobias Haller Amelia S-C. Hood Lee Kim Huat Nhat Huynh Nagulendran Kangayatkarasu Lian Pin Koh Sanath Kumaran Kolandai Robin Ah Hee Lim Kok Loong Yeong Jennifer M. Lucey Sarah H. Luke Simon L. Mitchell Marvin J. Montefrio Katherine Mullin Anand Nainar K. Anne-Isola Nekaris Vincent Nijman Matheus Nunes Siti Nurhidayu Patrick O’Reilly Chong Leong Puan Nadine Ruppert Hengky Salim Greetje Schouten Anne Tallontire Thomas E. L. Smith Hsiao-Hang Tao Mun Hou Tham Helena Varkkey Jamie Wadey Catherine M. Yule Badrul Azhar Alexander K. Sayok Charles Santhanaraju Vairappan Jake E. Bicknell Matthew J. Struebig |
| author_facet | Rory Padfield Sune Hansen Zoe G. Davies Albrecht Ehrensperger Eleanor M. Slade Stephanie Evers Effie Papargyropoulou Cécile Bessou Norhayati Abdullah Susan Page Marc Ancrenaz Paul Aplin Shahirah Balqis Dzulkafli Holly Barclay Darshanaa Chellaiah Sonal Choudhary Samantha Conway Sarah Cook Alison Copeland Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz Nicolas J. Deere Simon Drew David Gilvear Ross Gray Tobias Haller Amelia S-C. Hood Lee Kim Huat Nhat Huynh Nagulendran Kangayatkarasu Lian Pin Koh Sanath Kumaran Kolandai Robin Ah Hee Lim Kok Loong Yeong Jennifer M. Lucey Sarah H. Luke Simon L. Mitchell Marvin J. Montefrio Katherine Mullin Anand Nainar K. Anne-Isola Nekaris Vincent Nijman Matheus Nunes Siti Nurhidayu Patrick O’Reilly Chong Leong Puan Nadine Ruppert Hengky Salim Greetje Schouten Anne Tallontire Thomas E. L. Smith Hsiao-Hang Tao Mun Hou Tham Helena Varkkey Jamie Wadey Catherine M. Yule Badrul Azhar Alexander K. Sayok Charles Santhanaraju Vairappan Jake E. Bicknell Matthew J. Struebig |
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| description | The rise of palm oil as the world's most consumed vegetable oil has coincided with exponential growth in palm oil research activity. Bibliometric analysis of research outputs reveals a distinct imbalance in the type of research being undertaken, notably a disproportionate focus on biofuel and engineering topics. Recognizing the expansion of oil palm agriculture across the tropics and the increasing awareness of environmental, social, and economic impacts, we seek to reorientate the existing research agenda toward one that addresses the most fundamental and urgent questions defined by the palm oil stakeholder community. Following consultation with 659 stakeholders from 38 countries, including palm oil growers, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and researchers, the highest priority research questions were identified within 13 themes. The resulting 279 questions, including 26 ranked as top priority, reveal a diversity of environmental and social research challenges facing the industry, ranging from the ecological and ecosystem impacts of production, to the livelihoods of plantation workers and smallholder communities. Analysis of the knowledge type produced from these questions underscores a clear need for fundamental science programmes, and studies that involve the consultation of non-academic stakeholders to develop “transformative” solutions to the oil palm sector. Stakeholders were most aligned in their choice of priority questions across the themes of policy and certification related themes, and differed the most in environmental feedback, technology and smallholder related themes. Our recommendations include improved regional academic leadership and coordination, greater engagement with private and public stakeholders in Africa, and Central and South America, and enhanced collaborative efforts with researchers in the major consuming countries of India and China. |
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| spelling | ums.eprints-254832020-06-04T23:31:52Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25483/ Coproducing a research agenda for sustainable palm oil Rory Padfield Sune Hansen Zoe G. Davies Albrecht Ehrensperger Eleanor M. Slade Stephanie Evers Effie Papargyropoulou Cécile Bessou Norhayati Abdullah Susan Page Marc Ancrenaz Paul Aplin Shahirah Balqis Dzulkafli Holly Barclay Darshanaa Chellaiah Sonal Choudhary Samantha Conway Sarah Cook Alison Copeland Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz Nicolas J. Deere Simon Drew David Gilvear Ross Gray Tobias Haller Amelia S-C. Hood Lee Kim Huat Nhat Huynh Nagulendran Kangayatkarasu Lian Pin Koh Sanath Kumaran Kolandai Robin Ah Hee Lim Kok Loong Yeong Jennifer M. Lucey Sarah H. Luke Simon L. Mitchell Marvin J. Montefrio Katherine Mullin Anand Nainar K. Anne-Isola Nekaris Vincent Nijman Matheus Nunes Siti Nurhidayu Patrick O’Reilly Chong Leong Puan Nadine Ruppert Hengky Salim Greetje Schouten Anne Tallontire Thomas E. L. Smith Hsiao-Hang Tao Mun Hou Tham Helena Varkkey Jamie Wadey Catherine M. Yule Badrul Azhar Alexander K. Sayok Charles Santhanaraju Vairappan Jake E. Bicknell Matthew J. Struebig S Agriculture (General) SB Plant culture The rise of palm oil as the world's most consumed vegetable oil has coincided with exponential growth in palm oil research activity. Bibliometric analysis of research outputs reveals a distinct imbalance in the type of research being undertaken, notably a disproportionate focus on biofuel and engineering topics. Recognizing the expansion of oil palm agriculture across the tropics and the increasing awareness of environmental, social, and economic impacts, we seek to reorientate the existing research agenda toward one that addresses the most fundamental and urgent questions defined by the palm oil stakeholder community. Following consultation with 659 stakeholders from 38 countries, including palm oil growers, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and researchers, the highest priority research questions were identified within 13 themes. The resulting 279 questions, including 26 ranked as top priority, reveal a diversity of environmental and social research challenges facing the industry, ranging from the ecological and ecosystem impacts of production, to the livelihoods of plantation workers and smallholder communities. Analysis of the knowledge type produced from these questions underscores a clear need for fundamental science programmes, and studies that involve the consultation of non-academic stakeholders to develop “transformative” solutions to the oil palm sector. Stakeholders were most aligned in their choice of priority questions across the themes of policy and certification related themes, and differed the most in environmental feedback, technology and smallholder related themes. Our recommendations include improved regional academic leadership and coordination, greater engagement with private and public stakeholders in Africa, and Central and South America, and enhanced collaborative efforts with researchers in the major consuming countries of India and China. 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25483/1/Co-producing%20a%20Research%20Agenda%20for%20Sustainable%20Palm%20Oil.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25483/2/Co-producing%20a%20Research%20Agenda%20for%20Sustainable%20Palm%20Oil%201.pdf Rory Padfield and Sune Hansen and Zoe G. Davies and Albrecht Ehrensperger and Eleanor M. Slade and Stephanie Evers and Effie Papargyropoulou and Cécile Bessou and Norhayati Abdullah and Susan Page and Marc Ancrenaz and Paul Aplin and Shahirah Balqis Dzulkafli and Holly Barclay and Darshanaa Chellaiah and Sonal Choudhary and Samantha Conway and Sarah Cook and Alison Copeland and Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz and Nicolas J. Deere and Simon Drew and David Gilvear and Ross Gray and Tobias Haller and Amelia S-C. Hood and Lee Kim Huat and Nhat Huynh and Nagulendran Kangayatkarasu and Lian Pin Koh and Sanath Kumaran Kolandai and Robin Ah Hee Lim and Kok Loong Yeong and Jennifer M. Lucey and Sarah H. Luke and Simon L. Mitchell and Marvin J. Montefrio and Katherine Mullin and Anand Nainar and K. Anne-Isola Nekaris and Vincent Nijman and Matheus Nunes and Siti Nurhidayu and Patrick O’Reilly and Chong Leong Puan and Nadine Ruppert and Hengky Salim and Greetje Schouten and Anne Tallontire and Thomas E. L. Smith and Hsiao-Hang Tao and Mun Hou Tham and Helena Varkkey and Jamie Wadey and Catherine M. Yule and Badrul Azhar and Alexander K. Sayok and Charles Santhanaraju Vairappan and Jake E. Bicknell and Matthew J. Struebig (2019) Coproducing a research agenda for sustainable palm oil. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2 (13). pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00013 |
| spellingShingle | S Agriculture (General) SB Plant culture Rory Padfield Sune Hansen Zoe G. Davies Albrecht Ehrensperger Eleanor M. Slade Stephanie Evers Effie Papargyropoulou Cécile Bessou Norhayati Abdullah Susan Page Marc Ancrenaz Paul Aplin Shahirah Balqis Dzulkafli Holly Barclay Darshanaa Chellaiah Sonal Choudhary Samantha Conway Sarah Cook Alison Copeland Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz Nicolas J. Deere Simon Drew David Gilvear Ross Gray Tobias Haller Amelia S-C. Hood Lee Kim Huat Nhat Huynh Nagulendran Kangayatkarasu Lian Pin Koh Sanath Kumaran Kolandai Robin Ah Hee Lim Kok Loong Yeong Jennifer M. Lucey Sarah H. Luke Simon L. Mitchell Marvin J. Montefrio Katherine Mullin Anand Nainar K. Anne-Isola Nekaris Vincent Nijman Matheus Nunes Siti Nurhidayu Patrick O’Reilly Chong Leong Puan Nadine Ruppert Hengky Salim Greetje Schouten Anne Tallontire Thomas E. L. Smith Hsiao-Hang Tao Mun Hou Tham Helena Varkkey Jamie Wadey Catherine M. Yule Badrul Azhar Alexander K. Sayok Charles Santhanaraju Vairappan Jake E. Bicknell Matthew J. Struebig Coproducing a research agenda for sustainable palm oil |
| title | Coproducing a research agenda for sustainable palm oil |
| title_full | Coproducing a research agenda for sustainable palm oil |
| title_fullStr | Coproducing a research agenda for sustainable palm oil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coproducing a research agenda for sustainable palm oil |
| title_short | Coproducing a research agenda for sustainable palm oil |
| title_sort | coproducing a research agenda for sustainable palm oil |
| topic | S Agriculture (General) SB Plant culture |
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