Best practice case for empowering rubber smallholders

Project period:

01.09.2018 - 31.12.2021

Granted amount:

499,571,- DKK

Organization:

Orangutang Fonden/Save the Orangutan

Partners:

Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation

Pool:

Civilsamfundspuljen

Grant type:

Medborgerindsats

World goals:

Goal 1: No Poverty

Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Goal 15: Life on Land

Efforts take place in:

Indonesia

Overall targets

Improve the working and living conditions of rubber smallholders, and allow them to act according to long-term sustainability.

Immediate targets

Empower smallholder rubber cultivators on the Indonesian island of Borneo, through increased capacity and skills for managing sustainable high-yielding rubber agroforestry systems, and develop best practices for others to adopt.

Target groups

Min. 80 rubber smallholders (men and women) in Timpah village, Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo.

Resume

The proposed intervention aims to develop a best practice case for empowering rubber smallholders on the Indonesian island of Borneo, through capacity building and introduction to sustainable practices, as well as assess opportunities for certification and development of an appropriate community cooperative structure. This aims to improve the working and living conditions of smallholders, and allow them to act according to long-term sustainability.