Table 1
Estate and smallholder production details for Sime Darby (Malaysian company) and SIPEF (Belgian company) oil palm schemes in Papua New Guinea.
Détail de la production des plantations agro-industrielles et des petits exploitants pour les plantations de palmiers à huile de Sime Darby (compagnie malaisienne) et de SIPEF (compagnie belge) en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.
| Hoskins | Bialla | Popondetta | Milne Bay | New Ireland | Madang/Morobe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company | New Britain Palm Oil Limited | Hargy Oil Palms Ltd | Higaturu Oil Palms Ptd Ltd | Milne Bay Estates Ltd | Poliamba Ltd | Ramu Agri Industries Limited (RAIL) |
| Ownership foreign/national | 100% Sime Darby Guthrie | 100% SIPEF | 100% Sime Darby Guthrie | 100% Sime Darby Guthrie | 100% Sime Darby Guthrie | 100% Sime Darby Guthrie |
| Total estate area (ha) (2022) | 38,939 | 12,744 | 10,523 | 10,756 | 5461 | 18,169 |
| Estate production (tonnes FFB) (2022) | 814,560 | 269, 616 | 262,871 | 258,378 | 93,016 | 256,875 |
| Estate FFB yields (t/ha) (2022) | 20.9 | 31.6 | 23.6 | 25.3 | 17.4 | 13.5 |
| Numbers of LSS blocks | 2373 | 1670 | 933 | 14 | None | None |
| Numbers of VOP blocks | 4744 | 2111 | 5161 | 829 | 1788 | 322 |
| Numbers of CRP + IE# | 1186 | 27 | None | None | None | None |
| Total smallholder area (ha) (2022) | 25,629 | 13,982 | 11,173 | 1591 | 2811 | 644 |
| Smallholder production (tonnes FFB) (2022) | 381, 296 | 209,188 | 105, 730 | 9,303 | 13,822 | 6,415 |
| Smallholder FFB yields (t/ha)^ | 14.9 | 15.0 | 9.5 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 10.0 |
| Smallholder production as percentage of total FFB production (2022)* | 31.8% | 40.7% | 28.7% | 3.5% | 12.9% | 2.4% |
Sources: PNGOPRA data; Sime Darby Annual Report 2021; SIPEF Integrated Annual Report 2022.
#CRP are Customary Rights Purchase blocks which are typically 2 ha of customary land that have been ‘sold’ to migrants for oil palm development (see Koczberski et al., 2012a). IE are large, privately owned Independent Estates supplying FFB to the agro-industry.
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