GENERATION OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE OIL PALM SECTOR (2017)

Source: Calculation made by Fedepalma based on the First Large-Scale Survey of Employment in the Palm Sector (Fedepalma and DANE, 2016)

TOTAL NUMBER OF DIRECT EMPLOYEES IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SECTOR

More than 80% of employment generated in the oil palm sector is formal employment, making it a point of reference for the agricultural sector.

Formal employment

Informal employment

Source: Fedepalma and DANE, 2016: First Large-Scale Survey of Employment in the Palm Sector.

GENERATION OF FORMAL EMPLOYMENT IN RURAL AREAS

STRATEGIC PRODUCTIVE ALLIANCES AND SOCIALINCLUSION

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and a wide range of social responsibility programs, which contribute to the local development of communities (early childhood, education, nutrition, leisure, and elderly care, among others).

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are small farmers with less than 50 hectares

Source of employment and poverty reduction

In 2011, a World Bank study found that, compared to other crops, the oil palm agro-industry generates 30 times more jobs per unit area and that a 1 % increase in the area of oil palm production decreases poverty by 0.15 to 0.25 percentage points.

Contributes to rural development

In 2015, a study by the Colombian National Planning Department (DNP) found that within the group of municipalities that have faced armed conflict, the income of palm-growing municipalities is 30% higher than that of municipalities not having this agricultural development, calling it the “oil palm social dividend”.