Publications

• M. Euler, Noltze, M. and Verspohl,I. (2018) Evaluating Sustainability in Times of the 2030 Agenda, DEval Policy Brief 4/2018, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn

• Leppert, G. und M. Lech (2018), Current Issues of the Philippine Land Use Planning and Management System, DEval Policy Brief 1/2018, Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval), Bonn.

The report at hand presents first results derived from a quantitative impact evaluation of an intervention for enhanced land use planning in the Philippines. The SIMPLE (Sustainable Integrated Management and Planning for Local Government Ecosystems) approach embedded in the Philippine-German cooperation’s “Environment and Rural Development (EnRD)” program was implemented between 2006 and 2015, managed by the Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

• Garcia Schustereder, M., L. Hohfeld, M. Lech and G. Leppert (2016), Donor-Assisted Land-use Planning in the Philippines: Insights from a Multi-Level Survey, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.

Länderübergreifende thematische Evaluierung der Förderung landwirtschaftlicher Wertschöpfungsketten mit Fokus auf Armutsminderung und Ernährungssicherung. Fallstudien in Ghana und Burkina Faso.

• Zur Stellungnahme des BMZ

• Kaplan, M., S. Bettighofer, S. Brüntrup-Seidemann und M. Noltze (2016), Landwirtschaftliche Wertschöpfungsketten, Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval), Bonn.

• Kaplan, M., S. Brüntrup-Seidemann und M. Noltze (2016), Landwirtschaftliche Wertschöpfungsketten, DEval Policy Brief 4/2016, Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval), Bonn.

Many tropical regions are experiencing a rapid growth of oil palm cultivation. In Indonesia, the world's leading palm oil producer, in addition to large companies, smallholder farmers are increasingly engaged in the oil palm sector. Smallholder oil palm cultivation may contribute to income gains and socio-economic development. However, land-use decisions by smallholders are not well understood. Without appropriate policies, negative social and environmental consequences can also occur. To improve the knowledge base, we use data about present and past land-use decisions from a survey of farm households in Sumatra. Employing duration models, we analyse the determinants and dynamics of oil palm adoption among smallholders. 

• The article in the Journal of Agricultural Economics

• Euler, M., S. Schwarze, H. Siregar and M. Qaim (2026) Oil Palm Expansion among Smallholder Farmers in Sumatra, Indonesia. In: Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 67, Issue 3, 658-676.