Indigenous oil palm farmers in peninsular Malaysia: a collective enterprise approach to socioeconomic sustainability
Growing oil palm among the indigenous peoples in Peninsular Malaysia is not uncommon. While individuals’ success either economically or academically are lauded and ought to be nurtured and supported, previous study by Wirth believes that collective success is the key not only in elevating the so...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2023
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Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22852/1/Akademika_93_3_2.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22852/ https://ejournal.ukm.my/akademika/issue/view/1594 |
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Summary: | Growing oil palm among the indigenous peoples in Peninsular Malaysia is not uncommon. While individuals’ success
either economically or academically are lauded and ought to be nurtured and supported, previous study by Wirth
believes that collective success is the key not only in elevating the socioeconomic status but also serves as a mean to
retain them as a cohesive unit culturally and socially. This study aims in promoting a model for collective development
in the form of cooperative in oil palm cultivation of the indigenous peoples. Through simple random sampling and
snowball techniques, a total of fifteen small-scale oil palm farmers from an indigenous village in the state of Pahang
were interviewed periodically during the months of June till September, 2020. The results of the study found that these
indigenous oil palm farmers faced both social and economic issues between the household members as well as within
the indigenous community arising from inequalities of income level. At the macro level, a competent cooperative will
attain far greater achievements and more beneficial to the indigenous community than a few successful farmers due
to the concept of inclusiveness and sustainability. It is hope that the cooperative model can be replicated in other
indigenous communities and effectively raise the overall living standard of the indigenous community in Peninsular
Malaysia. |
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