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Palm oil companies risk losing up to $22.1 million from land tenure disputes

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Date of publication: 
February 2019
Resource Language: 
English
ISBN / Resource ID: 
QTR Brief - Palm oil
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Overseas Development Institute and TMP Systems
Depending on the size and location of their investment, oil palm producers and investors risk losing between $8.3 and $22.1 million due to operational delays caused by active land tenure disputes. These numbers have emerged from the Tenure Risk Tool (TRT), a due diligence tool designed by the Quantifying Tenure Risk (QTR) initiative to help businesses understand their exposure to tenure risk in sub-Saharan Africa. 
 
This brief shares findings from TRT analysis using data collected from palm oil producers in Liberia, Uganda and Côte d’Ivoire. 
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Authors and Publishers

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Joseph Feyertag, Benedick Bowie

Publisher(s): 

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is the UK's leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues.

Mission 

Our mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries.

We do this by locking together high quality applied research, practical policy advice, and policy-focused dissemination and debate.

TMP Systems (TMP)

TMP Systems is a boutique consultancy based in the United Kingdom, with staff in the United States and the Philippines. Our work spans asset management, commercial investment systems design in carbon, energy and land use and environmental, social and governance diligence.

Geographical focus

Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa

Related categories

Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
agriculture
land dispute
land investments
land tenure
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