Changes of Expanding Process of Oil Palm Plantation in Indonesia: Indigenization, Internalization, and Social Differentiation

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24401008
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: NAGATA Junji 東京大学, 総合文化研究科, 准教授 (30218002)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ARAI Sachiho 東京農工大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 講師 (40345062)
• Research Collaborator: KATO Tsuyoshi 京都大学, 名誉教授 (60127066) ; TERAUCHI Daisuke 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 特別研究員 (10728140) ; TERAUCHI Daisuke 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科 ; MANURUNG Gulat M. リアウ大学, 農学部, 講師
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 国際研究者交流 / インドネシア / アブラヤシ / 大農園 / プランテーション / 小農 / 社会層分化 / リアウ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In Indonesia oil palm plantation has expanded rapidly since the late 1970s. However, if we look at its expanding process, the significant changes, for example the increase in smallholders, have occurred that can be called indigenization and internalization since the late 1990s after the resignation of President Suharto. This study analyzed the relationships between the expanding process of oil palm plantation in the outer islands of Indonesia such as Sumatra and the social transformation of local society paying attention to the social differentiation and productive power of each social group and revealed the emergence of rural middle class and discussed its backgrounds.

Free Research Field

人文地理学