Palm oil intensification and expansion in Indonesia and Malaysia: Environmental and socio-political factors influencing policy

• Main Authors: Varkkey, Helena, Tyson, Adam, Choiruzzad, Shofwan Al Banna
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: JQ Political institutions Asia
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/20430/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2018.05.002

Intensification and expansion are two essential tenets of commercial agriculture. This paper analyses trends of intensification and expansion at the national level, particularly in the oil palm sector in Indonesia and Malaysia. Despite similar starting points and also comparable rates of increasing...