The sustainability of global palm oil supply chains depends on being able to determine who is producing the palm oil, where they are cultivating it and how it is being cultivated. The traceability of palm oil supply chains is complicated when they involve independent, small-scale oil palm farmers. In contrast to plantations, plasma farmers, little is known about independent oil palm farmers, including where their farms are, how they farm and to whom they sell their produce to.

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