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Pendekatan Yurisdiksi yang Efektif Berdasarkan Ketertelusuran Rantai Nilai untuk Mendorong Industri Kelapa Sawit Berkelanjutan di Indonesia: Studi Kasus dari Pelalawan di Riau dan Kutai Kartanegara di Kalimantan Timur

Pemahaman tentang rantai nilai industri kelapa sawit merupakan faktor penting dalam memastikan pendekatan yurisdiksi terintegrasi yang efektif berbasis ketertelusuran, dengan mempertimbangkan keterlibatan para pelaku produksi, pengolahan, dan distribusi seluruh produk. Kajian mengenai ketertelusuran rantai nilai dimulai dengan mengidentifikasi eksportir dan grup eksportir di tingkat nasional, hingga ke pengelolaan di tingkat perkebunan, termasuk tahapan pengolahan dan distribusi kelapa sawit. Kajian mendalam yang didasarkan pada data dasar yang didukung oleh dokumen sertifikasi perusahaan dan laporan ketertelusuran, difokuskan pada dua kabupaten: Pelalawan di Provinsi Riau dan Kutai Kartanegara di Provinsi Kalimantan Timur.

Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa, tingkat ketertelusuran beragam tergantung pada kategori tipe rantai nilai, jenis skema sertifikasi, dan model pengelolaan perkebunan. Berdasarkan tipe rantai nilai, Tipe 2 menunjukkan kelapa sawit yang sudah diolah di pabrik dikirim langsung menuju perusahaan eksportir, sedangkan pada Tipe 1, kelapa sawit tersebut dimurnikan terlebih dahulu di kilang. Tipe ini paling banyak ditemukan dalam kasus ketertelusuran yang diamati di dua lokasi penelitian. Ketertelusuran juga bervariasi berdasarkan tahap dalam rantai nilai, mulai dari perkebunan, pabrik, kilang, produksi CPO dan PKO, hingga variasi di setiap tahapan tersebut. Proporsi kasus ketertelusuran tertinggi ditemukan pada dua tahap, yaitu ‘pabrik ke perkebunan’ dan ‘kilang ke pabrik’.

Kajian ini juga menunjukkan bahwa data ketertelusuran yang dapat diidentifikasi dengan jumlah kecil berada di tingkat perkebunan. Selain itu, pelaku usaha paling penting dalam rantai nilai adalah eksportir dan grup eksportir, terutama dalam menerapkan berbagai skema sertifikasi di setiap tahapan rantai nilai yang membutuhkan biaya tinggi. Sebagian besar eksportir memiliki bisnis terintegrasi, mulai dari pengelolaan perkebunan hingga pengolahan di pabrik kelapa sawit dan kilang. Pemahaman tentang struktur dan dinamika rantai nilai di tingkat kabupaten hingga nasional, sangat penting bagi pembuat kebijakan, pemangku kepentingan industri, dan pihak-pihak lain dalam menerapkan pendekatan yurisdiksi yang efektif untuk mendukung keberlanjutan industri kelapa sawit di Indonesia. Pemerintah kabupaten memiliki peran penting dalam memimpin pendekatan yurisdiksi berbasis praktik yang bertanggung jawab di tingkat kabupaten, baik di dalam maupun lintas batas administratif, dengan melibatkan berbagai pemangku kepentingan secara kolaboratif.

Menuju Kemitraan Usaha Kelapa Sawit: Jalan Baru, Harapan Petani Kampung Yaman. Cerita Petani Sawit #6

Kemitraan usaha perkebunan kelapa sawit berperan penting dalam meningkatkan kesejahteraan petani, memperkuat posisi mereka dalam rantai pasok, serta mendukung pertumbuhan ekonomi lokal di wilayah sentra sawit. Melalui kemitraan, petani tidak hanya memperoleh kepastian harga dan mengurangi risiko fluktuasi pasar, tetapi juga mendapatkan pendampingan untuk pengelolaan kebun berkelanjutan. Manfaat lain meliputi peningkatan produktivitas tanpa perlu memperluas lahan, akses pasar yang lebih luas, peningkatan kapasitas dalam penerapan prinsip sawit berkelanjutan, serta dorongan pembentukan kelembagaan petani swadaya yang mandiri.
Bagi perusahaan, kemitraan menghadirkan manajemen lebih efisien, perluasan pasar, loyalitas pelanggan, serta peningkatan produktivitas dan kreativitas usaha. Dengan membagi tanggung jawab secara seimbang, kemitraan sawit menciptakan hubungan saling menguntungkan bagi petani dan perusahaan.

Business Transformation Labs: A co-creation process for land-based investors to build inclusive business models

This publication explains how Business Transformation Labs (BTLs), developed under the Transformative Land Investment (TLI) programme, help companies address operational risks arising from complex social, environmental, and governance conditions surrounding land-based investments. Challenges such as community grievances, insecure land tenure, environmental degradation, regulatory delays, and increasing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) expectations can significantly affect business performance. BTLs provide a structured co-creation process that enables companies to better understand stakeholder dynamics, improve coordination, reduce risks, and strengthen business resilience. By focusing on relationships, governance systems, and collaborative problem-solving, BTLs support more sustainable, inclusive, and commercially viable land-based investments.

Co-creation guide for agribusiness and practitioners. A structured process to build shared value and business resilience in complex landscapes

This guide provides practical guidance for agribusiness managers, practitioners, and facilitators implementing co-creation processes in land-based investment contexts. Drawing on experiences from the Transformative Land Investment (TLI) programme and more than 20 Business Transformation Labs (BTLs) conducted across multiple countries and agricultural value chains, the guide presents a structured approach to stakeholder engagement, collaborative problem-solving, and action planning. It focuses on helping companies, communities, and authorities jointly identify challenges, develop shared solutions, and strengthen both business performance and local development outcomes. The guide situates co-creation within a broader cycle of listening, learning, action, and continuous engagement to improve investment sustainability, resilience, and inclusiveness.

How to build processors’ and traders’ knowledge and capacity for climate resilience in agricultural value chains, Eastern Province, Rwanda (Processor and Trader Training Module)

The Processor and Trader Training Module is a detailed manual that is designed to reinforce the capabilities of processors involved in the TREPA project, with an emphasis on Eastern Province. The module, which has been prepared by a team of specialists, describes practical methodologies, specific interventions and best practices that can be implemented to increase the value addition, operational efficiency and competitiveness of local processors. The training aims to empower the participants with pertinent technical skills; to develop sustainable businesses and to achieve the overall objectives of the TREPA project, which strives to ensure economic enhancement and environmental sustainability in the region by adopting a practical and contextual approach.

Business Transformation Labs

Business Transformation Labs (BTLs) are a structured co-design method that helps agribusinesses and forestry companies address these challenges as business risks — and convert them into practical operational improvements. BTLs are built for companies that want to strengthen business performance while operating responsibly in complex contexts.

Multistakeholder Platforms (MSPs) for transforming land investments

This guide presents the Transformative Land Investment (TLI) framework as a systems-based approach to improving the sustainability, inclusiveness, and resilience of land-based investments in agriculture and forestry. Recognizing that investments often operate in fragile landscapes and socially complex environments, TLI promotes continuous stakeholder engagement, evidence-based decision-making, and co-creation processes to align business practices with sustainable food system principles. Through the combined use of Multi-Stakeholder Platforms (MSPs), Communities of Practice (CoPs), and Business Transformation Labs (BTLs), the programme supports governments, investors, civil society organizations, and communities in addressing governance challenges, reducing investment risks, and improving social, environmental, and economic outcomes. MSPs play a strategic role in shaping policies and enabling conditions that encourage responsible investment and support transformative agrifood system development.

Transformative Land Investment (TLI): An Introduction to the Approach and Tools

The Transformative Land Investment (TLI) programme provides a practical framework for improving the design, implementation, and governance of land-based investments in agriculture and forestry. Recognizing that investments often operate in landscapes characterized by social vulnerability, environmental sensitivity, and competing interests, TLI promotes continuous stakeholder engagement, evidence-based decision-making, and co-creation processes to generate more inclusive and sustainable outcomes. Through mechanisms such as Multi-Stakeholder Platforms, Communities of Practice, and Business Transformation Labs, the programme supports governments, investors, civil society organizations, and local communities in aligning business objectives with social inclusion, environmental stewardship, and good governance. By identifying shared priorities and fostering collaboration, TLI aims to build trust, reduce risks, and create long-term shared value.

The contingent interplay between resources, entrepreneurship and agribusiness performance among small-scale agri-food actors

This study examines the role of entrepreneurship in enhancing resource-based performance among rural farmers and traders operating in dynamic agribusiness environments. It introduces a conceptual framework rooted in resource orchestration, entrepreneurial orientation (EO), and contingency theory. To evaluate this framework, multi-tier data from 708 farmers and 639 fruit and vegetable traders in Zambia were analyzed using structural equation modeling, incorporating mediation and moderation analyses. Findings indicate that financial, physical, and social resources positively impact EO in both farmers and traders, which, in turn, mediates their business performance outcomes. Moderation analyses reveal that these effects fluctuate based on dominant business contingencies, leading to entrepreneurial mismatches across different tiers of the agricultural value chain. Specifically, farmers’ entrepreneurial success is shaped by power asymmetry, market competition, and supplier–buyer dynamics, while traders’ entrepreneurial capability is influenced by organizational trust, market competition, and supplier–buyer relationships. The study provides empirical insights into how small-scale farmers and traders manage their resources to develop entrepreneurial capacity, which ultimately improves their business outcomes in uncertain economic conditions. By bridging the gap between theory and practice, the research offers valuable theoretical, practical, and policy implications for strengthening rural entrepreneurship in developing economies.

Innovation Systems to Adapt to Climate Change: Lessons from the Kenyan Coffee and Dairy Sectors

Climate change is one of the most widespread anthropogenic challenges affecting agriculture and agricultural production, where its impacts on economic growth in general are still issues in debate. An adjustment to the actual or expected changes in the agricultural sector using different innovative adaptation strategies has to be among priorities in policy decisions. Research on sectoral systems of innovation, however, has paid little attention to adaptation to climate change, notably in agricultural trade and agribusiness. This chapter, therefore, explores the role of systems of innovation in adapting to climate change, which have methodological, conceptual, and policy implications. It focuses on two case studies in Kenyan agriculture, i.e., the coffee and dairy sectors, which differ in terms of stakeholder and institutional setups. In the coffee sector, the actors’ system is highly centralized, and the systems of innovation is oriented toward technology development. In contrast, the dairy sector consists of a diversity of actors, and its systems of innovation is based on institutional building and marketing. The capacity to innovate and adapt, therefore, depends on institutional arrangements in addition to technology development, suggesting that the dairy sector in Kenya could be an example for the coffee sector.

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