This is vital to bring smallholders becoming sustainable palm oil producers and not to be marginalized from the certification process. Among the proposed activities, the STF is to conduct trials on the application of the P&C with smallholders in order to test the suitability of the P&C and verification procedures and to suggest modifications to better suit smallholders’ interests, without compromising the goals of the RSPO. Preamble Smallholder Task Force (STF) was established by RSPO on recognisition that smallholders had not been well integrated into the work and standard-setting of the RSPO Principles & Criteria (P&C).
National Interpretation RSPO Principles & Criteria for Sustainable Palm Oil Production For Oil Palm Smallholders Republic of Indonesia Final Document November 2007įinal Document National Interpretation of RSPO Principles & Criteria for Indonesian Oil Palm Smallholders.