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Smallholder oil palm plantations play an essential role in the Indonesian economy, both on a national, regional, local, and household scale. However, no data or studies show how much smallholder oil palm plantations contribute to achieving in each sustainable development goals (SDGs). The development of smallholder oil palm plantations, like other economic developments, wherever conducted needs to provide benefits to the community such that it exceeds the costs incurred, including the costs of preserving and protecting the environment. To assess its contribution, it is essential to examine the Sustainable Development targets in which smallholder oil palm plantations contribute. Therefore, this study is aimed at examining sustainable development goals to which smallholder oil palm plantations can contribute. Based on focus group discussion and the literature review, there are 13 SDGs for smallholder oil palm plantations that contribute and play a role in achieving the targets set by the United Nations in sustainable development. These results are significant as a basis for further studies to prove the presumption concerning the role and positive contribution of smallholder oil palm plantations in each of the existing SDG targets.

The research was conducted in Desa Bandung PENDAHULUANTingkat pertumbuhan perekonomian Indonesia di bidang non pertanian (industri) dan migas mengalami penurunan yang cukup tajam. Hal ini dimulai pada saat Indonesia mengalami krisis moneter yang mengakibatkan nilai tukar rupiah terhadap dolar merosot tajam. Akibatnya para pengusaha pada bidang tersebut gulung tikar. Dengan keadaan seperti ini maka Indonesia tidak dapat berharap banyak pada sektor non pertanian (industri) atau migas. Untuk mengantisipasi keadaan tersebut maka pemerintah beralih pada bidang usaha

The measurement of poverty can be analyzed by various methods and each method has its own advantages and disadvantages. The single dimensional model has a weakness since it only measures poverty in its monetary aspect, as income, while multidimensional method measures poverty by considering various dimensions but excluding the income aspect. Furthermore, it is important to combine both models so that the measurement of poverty could be more comprehensive. The study describes the method of poverty measurement by using: 1) single dimension poverty measurement, promoted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); 2) Multidimensional poverty measurement, promoted by the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), and Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) by Alkire and Foster. The study was conducted in Bengkulu Province, Indonesia, and the data was collected by means of interviewing 90 marine

indicators, a) normative consumption ratio, b) The percentage of population under the poverty line, c) the number of villages with no public transportation access, d) the percentage of households without electricity access, e) life expectation, f) illiterated women, g) under height toddlers, h) households without clean water access, and the last i) the percentage households far from healthy access.