Research Activity


YearTitleLocationTypes of DataVariablesMethodAuthor(s)
2007Feasibility Study on the Development of Oil Palm Agribusiness Areas in Arongan Lambalek, West AcehWest AcehPrimaryProduction Cost, Investment Cost, FFB PriceBEP, NPV, IRR, Ratio B/CMuhammad Authar ND
2010Production Factor Usage and Technology Application and Its Relation to the Marketing Channel Selection of Oil Palm Smallholders in AcehNorth Aceh, Aceh Tamiang, Aceh Singkil and Nagan RayaPrimary1. Dependent: Production
Independent: Land area, Labor, Fertilizer, Pesticide, Technology(Dummy)

2. Dependent: Smallholders’ Choice of Marketing Channels
Independent: Smallholder Age, Formal Education, Experience in Oil Palm Cultivation, FFB Price, Loan, Distance from Smallholding to Mill, Production Volume
Cobb-Douglass
Multinomial Logit
Mawardati
2010Productivity Gaps among Oil Palm Smallholders in Nanggroe Aceh DarussalamNorth Aceh, Aceh Tamiang, Aceh Singkil and Nagan RayaPrimaryLand area, Location, Plant Age and ProductivityAnalysis of variance (Anova)Mawardati
2011Analysis of Smallholder Oil Palm Production in North AcehKuta Makmur, Simpang KramatPrimaryDependent: Production
Independent: Land Area, Labor, Capital
Cobb- DouglasMawardati
2012Analysis of the Implementation of the RSPO Agreement in SmallholdingsAsahan, Labuhan Batu, North Labuhan Batu and South Labuhan Batu, North SumateraPrimaryDependent: Smallholder adoption level on the RSPO principles and criteria
Independent: age, formal education, experience, number of family dependants, land area, income, cosmopolitan and group participation
Multinomial LogitDiana Chalil and Riantri Barus
2012Impact study of the project on sustainable palm oil production for bio-energy in ThailandSutonya THONGRAK
2013Willingness to Pay and Cost Benefit Analysis on the Implementation of the RSPO Principles and CriteriaPelelawan, Riau, Asahan and
Batu Bara, North Sumatera, West Tanjung Jabung, Jambi
PrimaryDependent: Smallholders’ WTP on the costs needed to meet the RSPO principles and criteria, Independent: sales continuity, price increase, fertilizer certainty, production increase, group participation, experience, education level, age, land area, time since being introduced to RSPOBinomial LogitDiana Chalil and Riantri Barus
2014The impact of RSPO Certification on Oil Palm Smallholder Group Income in JambiMerangin, JambiQualitative - Non parametric- Smallholder Household Income
- Social and environmental aspects of Oil palm smallholders
Descriptive and sign testDompak MT Napitupulu
2014Field Survey - Supply Chain in the Palm Oil Industry and
the Impact of its Expansion in Mandailing Natal, North
Tapanuli and South Tapanuli
Mandailing Natal,
North
Tapanuli and South Tapanuli
PrimaryPlantation types in national and international private companies, SOEs and smallholders, changes in the total number of companies, Smallholders (independent/schemed), RSPO membership, Information from the Government Office Map, Perception of the local government, Company Site, Company Legal Matters, etcDescriptiveDiana Chalil and Riantri Barus
2014-2015The Role of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Process in Improving and
Sustaining the Livelihood of Small Farmers in Malaysia
Yeong Sheng TEY
2015The Crude Palm Oil Market Integration between European Countries, India and ChinaIndonesia, Malaysia, China, India, Germany, Italia, BelandaSecondaryCPO import and export pricesCointegration, Granger Causality, Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) dan Vector Error Correction Model (VECM)Diana Chalil and Riantri Barus
2015Crude Palm Oil Market IntegrationChina, India, Germany, Italia, BelandaSecondaryCPO import and export price and volumeCointegration, Granger Causality, Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) dan Vector Error Correction Model (VECM)Diana Chalil and Riantri Barus
2016Smallholders’ Palm Oil Certification: The Impact on Sustainable Development and LivelihoodIndonesia and MalaysiaPrimaryEconomic aspect (Productivity, Price, Production cost, Social Aspect and Environmental Aspect)Descriptive and mean difference test (independent sample t-test)Diana Chalil, Shaufique F. Sidique and Riantri Barus
2016Improving Oil Palm Smallholders’ Participation in Global Market to Strengthening Indonesian Agribusiness Rural DevelopmentSei Lilin, Banyuasin, South SumatraPrimaryProductivity, input price, cost, revenueIndependent compare means test and frontier estimation modelsDiana Chalil and Riantri Barus
2016Comparison of the Financial Feasibility of Smallholdings utilizing an Integrated Oil Palm-Cattle System with Smallholdings Without System IntegrationNagori Partimbalan, Bandar Masilam, Simalungun, North Sumatera and Sungai Lilin, Musi Banyuasin, South SumateraPrimaryFinancial feasibility is analyzed using NPV, Net B/C, IRR, payback period, and sensitivity analysisYudi Setiadi Damanik, Diana Chalil, Riantri Barus, Apriandi Saragih
2017Analyzing the Sustainability of Indonesia Pakistan Palm Oil Supply ChainIndonesia - PakistanSecondaryIndonesian palm oil import volume in Pakistan, Indonesia-Pakistan trade balance, Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil import prices, exchange rates, soybean oil import priceAutoregressive Distributed Lag Model (ARDL)Diana Chalil and Riantri Barus
2017Questioning the Sustainable Palm Oil Demand: Case Study from the French-Indonesian Supply ChainIndonesia - FranceSecondaryIndonesian palm oil import volume in France, French GDP, Indonesian, Malaysian, German and Dutch palm oil import prices, exchange rates, peanut oil import priceAutoregressive Distributed Lag Model (ARDL)Diana Chalil and Riantri Barus
2018Risk Analysis of Smallholder Production and Oil Palm Price in North SumatraIndonesiaPrimaryFFB production and priceValue at Risk (VaR)Diana Chalil, Thomson Sebayang and Riantri Barus
2018Partnership Model to Promote Inclusiveness of Indonesian Oil Palm Smallholders in Global Value ChainsIndonesiaPrimaryOwnership, Voice, Risk, RewardMann Whitney test and binary logisticDiana Chalil, Isfenti Sadalia, Zulkifli, Jullimursyida, Mawardati, and Riantri Barus
2018-2019Socio-Economic Dimensions of Palm Oil Replanting Towards Sustainable Palm Oil Entrepreneurs (Case Study: North Sumatra)IndonesiaPrimaryDescriptiveDiana Chalil, Riantri Barus, and Syahrizal Chalil
2018-2019Workload Standards and Work Targets for Oil Palm HarvestersIndonesiaPrimaryDescriptiveDiana Chalil and Riantri Barus
2019Enhancing Smallholders’ Yields (ESY)IndonesiaPrimaryDescriptiveDiana Chalil
2019Assessing costs and benefits of standards implementation in oil palm in IndonesiaIndoensiaPrimaryCertification costs and benefitsDescriptiveDiana Chalil
2019Analysis of Inclusivity and Impact on the Welfare of Oil Palm Smallholders using Landscape ManagementIndonesiaPrimaryDescriptiveDiana Chalil, Riantri Barus and Oding Affandi
2019Partnership Model to Promote Inclusiveness of Indonesian Oil Palm Smallholders in Global Value ChainsIndonesiaPrimaryTrading margin and efficiencyDiana Chalil, Isfenti Sadalia, Zulkifli, Jullimursyida, Mawardati, and Riantri Barus