RESEARCH ARTICLE

Journal of Oil Palm Research Vol. 37 (4) December 2025, p. 646-657

MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS SUSTAINABILITY OF CORN-SOYBEAN INTERCROPPING MODEL IN SMALLHOLDER OIL PALM REPLANTING

SRI AMBAR KUSUMAWATI1; AGUSTINUS N KAIRUPAN2*; RACHMIWATI YUSUF3; NURHAYATI4; IDA NUR ISTINA5; F FATHURRAHMAN5; HERY WIDYANTO6; PARLIN HALOMOAN SINAGA3; TENGKU HARUNUR RASYID7 and MEVIE LINTANG8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21894/jopr.2024.0055
Received: 15 March 2024   Accepted: 3 September 2024   Published Online: 27 November 2024
ABSTRACT

In the global agricultural sector, corn-soybean intercropping offers significant long-term benefits for increased productivity, improved agroecology, and land management. While the impact of intercropping on corn and soybean yields has been studied extensively, information on their sustainability is limited. This study aims to analyse the status and sustainability determinants of the intercropping model on smallholder oil palm land through multidimensional analysis which includes economic, social, cultural, environmental, technological and institutional dimensions. Utilising a multi-dimensional scaling method with RAPFISH’s modified software, called Rapid Appraisal for Palm Oil. The analysis results show that the sustainability index for oil palm plantations using the corn-soybean intercropping model has a good status in the economic dimension, with price-sensitive production attributes for smallholders. The value of the sustainability index in the socio-cultural dimension of good status with sensitive attributes of community access to replanting requirements. The continuous index value in the environmental dimension of the status is very good with the attribute of sensitive pest disturbance. The value of the sustainable index in the technology dimension is in good status with sensitive attributes of post-harvest handling. The value of the sustainable index in the institutional dimension is in good status with sensitive attributes of smallholder’s group access to banking.

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1 Riau Plantation Services, Cut Nyak Dien Street,
Pekan Baru Riau Province, Indonesia.

2 Research Center for Animal Husbandry,
National Research and Innovation Agency,
Manado, Indonesia.

3 Research Centre for Food Crop,
National Research and Innovation Agency,
Cibinong Science Center, Bogor, Indonesia.

4 Research Center for Horticulture and Estate Crops,
National Research and Innovation Agency,
Cibinong Bogor, Indonesia.

5 Department of Agriculture,
Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Islam Riau, Indonesia.

6 Applied Zoological Research Center of
Science and Technology Area, Cibinong, Bogor, Indonesia.

7 Regional Planning, Research and Development
Agency of Riau Province, Indonesia.

8 Research Center for Agroindustry,
National Research and Innovation Agency,
Manado, Indonesia.

* Corresponding author e-mail: audikairupan@gmail.com

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