Promoting oil palm-based agroforestry systems: an asset for the sustainability of the sector

Masure Alix, Martin Pierre, Lacan Xavier, Rafflegeau Sylvain. 2023. Promoting oil palm-based agroforestry systems: an asset for the sustainability of the sector. Cahiers Agricultures, 32:16, 9 p.

Url - jeu de données - Dataverse Cirad : https://doi.org/10.18167/DVN1/NQ7WJD

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Thème(s) HCERES des revues (en SHS) : Géographie-Aménagement-Urbanisme-Architecture

Résumé : Until recently, the massive development of industrial and smallholder oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) plantations has generally been conducted according to the monocrop model. However, alternative cropping systems have emerged, based on more diversified systems that combine various crops within the oil palm plots. By giving this plant a status equivalent to that of a tree, these practices correspond to agroforestry systems. In the present study, 39 agroforestry systems were identified worldwide through a preliminary literature review, a review of NGO websites and expert surveys. Our results reveal five different types of oil palm agroforestry systems: (i) associations with livestock during the production phase of the oil palm; (ii) traditional African palm and food crop systems sustained over time; (iii) associations with food crops during the juvenile phase of the oil palm; (iv) systems developed by family farms that permanently associate other plants; and (v) prototype designs developed by research institutions, often at the request of local agricultural enterprises. The spatiotemporal description of these systems enabled us to identify associated ecosystem services. Building on various proposals of biodiversity insertion in a monoculture to convert it into an agroforestry system, the present study offers new perspectives for the sustainable development of palm oil production.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : systèmes agroforestiers, secteur agro-alimentaire, agroforesterie, agroécosystème, agriculture durable, Elaeis guineensis, système d'exploitation agricole, palmier oléifère

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Afrique, Asie du Sud-Est, Amérique latine

Mots-clés libres : Oil Palm, Agroforestry, Agroecosystem, Diversification, Agroecology

Classification Agris : F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
F01 - Culture des plantes
E20 - Organisation, administration et gestion des entreprises ou exploitations agricoles

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 2 (2019-) - Transitions agroécologiques

Agences de financement hors UE : PalmElit

Auteurs et affiliations

• Masure Alix, Université de Montpellier (FRA)
• Martin Pierre, CIRAD-PERSYST-UPR AIDA (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-4874-5795
• Lacan Xavier, PalmElit (FRA)
• Rafflegeau Sylvain, CIRAD-ES-UMR INNOVATION (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0001-5267-1189 - auteur correspondant

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/604493/)

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