Oil palm plantations have contributed great to national growth. It is noted that Indonesia has been the leading crude palm oil (CPO) producers since Year 2006 in the word. The sustainability of oil palm plantations is an important part of the sustainability of the national economy. The replanting oil palm program is one of the programs developed by the government this study was to identify internal and external factor in replanting oil palm. The method used is the Focus Group Discission (FGD) was attended by relevant agencies, stakeholders, literatures and previous research studies. This study showed that in the replanting oil palm, farmers will be faced with internal and external factors which are divided into strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

Indonesia is becoming the largest palm oil producer in the world. This commodity estate farm is carried out by smallholder, government, as well as big private companies. As the law rules it, both government and big private companies are urged to run the oil palm plantation in partnership system. This study is aimed to compare the oil palm estate revenue between smallholder and partnership farmer in Jambi Province. Data is analyzed in quantitative descriptive model analysis. The results showed that the average farm income of smallholder is significantly higher than the oil palm partnership farmer. Statistical Analysis also showed that the fresh fruit bunches price (TBS), fertilizer, and labour factors used were significantly affected the oil palm estate benefit.

Palm oil is a plantation commodity that has high economic value and has the potential to be developed in Jambi Province. One of the districts in Jambi Province whose farmers cultivate oil palm is Muaro Jambi. This research was conducted to analyse independent oil palm farming income after replanting in Sungai Bahar Sub-District, Muaro Jambi District. This study shows that there are still many farmers in the study area who only cultivate oil palm as their main source of income (43.3%). Farmers own 2 lands, i.e., replanted land is the land that has been replanted by farmers or land when they partnered with an oil palm plantation company where replanting was carried out in 2011, 2012, and 2019. Whereas the non-replanting land that was purchased or opened by farmers independently and independently still at the age of productive oil palm plants. The income earned by farmers from the land that has been replanted is IDR. 22,229,912/year and from the land that has not been replanted is IDR. 15,840,852/year.

Oil palm has increased welfare and food security for low-income families in Indonesia. In Jambi Province, the independent smallholders own most farms. However, the land area of old or damaged crops reaches 43.38% of the total area. It requires smallholders to perform replanting to avoid a decrease in productivity and income. The research objectives are: 1) describing oil palm replanting in Sungai Bahar Sub-District, Muaro Jambi Regency, 2). analyzing the Amount of smallholder’s income and 3) Predicting the contribution of smallholder’s income to household living expenditure during the period of replanting. This research was conducted by a descriptive and quantitative method. The results showed a replanting oil palm farm area of 1,96 hectares. Prior to replanting, palm oil farming income was IDR 4,229,530/month. After replanting when crops had not generated, smallholders’ income of IDR 1,239,486/month sourced from the cultivation of food crops, namely corn, chili, and peanut. If the household expenses of IDR 2,613,542 per month, then the income from the plantation of horticultural plants or food plants contributes 47.42 percent. It indicates the utilization of palm oil upright land before the crop yield becomes one of the policies considered into question as a contributor to household income.

Pengembangan kelapa sawit antara lain memberikan manfaat dalam peningkatan pendapatan petani dan masyarakat, produksi yang menjadi bahan baku industri pengolahan yang menciptakan nilai tambah di dalam negeri. Namun masih banyak kelapa sawit yang telah memasuki umur tua atau rusak belum diremajakan dengan berbagai alasan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi pola peremajaan kelapa sawit yang berkelanjutan yang ada di provinsi Jambi. Melalui Focus Group discussion dicari pola mana yang akan ditawarkan kepada pekebun swadaya dalam melakukan peremajaan kelapa sawit yang berkelanjutan dengan tidak mengessampingkan sumber pendapatan selama melakukan peremajaan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat 4 skema pola peremajaan kelapa sawit yang berkelanjutan di provinsi Jambi, yakni, melalui pola kemitraan, swadaya murni, inisiasi PEMDA dan koperasi.