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Management, yield, soil and vegetation data for oil palm smallholder farms in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, 2019
This dataset details information collected from smallholder oil palm farms in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Including: management practices, oil palm fruit yield, understorey vegetation, and soil chemical properties (SOC, total N, total P and available P). We collected data between August to November 2019 from 40 smallholdings (defined as farms < 50 ha) across six governance areas in Sabah. We used responses from face-to-face questionnaires to collect information about their management practices, including Best Management Practices (BMPs), and reported Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) yields. We also carried out field surveys on these farms to quantify vegetation cover and soil chemical properties. All smallholder farms had mature fruiting trees i.e. > 8 years since planting. The project received ethical approval from the Biology Ethics Committee, University of York (Ref. SGA201906), and permission from the Sabah Biodiversity Council (Ref. JKM/MBS.1000-2/2 JLD.8), Danum Valley Management Committee (Ref. YS/DVMC/2019/27), and South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership (project number 18033) for permission to conduct our research in Sabah, Malaysia. This work was funded by the NERC iCASE studentship (NE/R007624/1) and Proforest. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/38487932-b32a-4b15-9fda-ea812c463466
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- Date (Publication)
- 2022-09-06
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/38487932-b32a-4b15-9fda-ea812c463466
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- doi: / 10.5285/38487932-b32a-4b15-9fda-ea812c463466
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Gutierrez Al-Khudhairy, S.Y., Howells, T.R., Bin Sailim, A., McClean, C.J., Senior, M.J.M., Benedick, S., Hill, J.K., Azmi, R. (2022). Management, yield, soil and vegetation data for oil palm smallholder farms in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, 2019. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/38487932-b32a-4b15-9fda-ea812c463466
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of York Gutierrez Al-Khudhairy, S.Y. Author Unaffiliated
Howells, T.R. Author South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership
Bin Sailim, A.
Author University of York McClean, C.J. Author Proforest
Senior, M.J.M.
Author Universiti Malaysia Sabah Benedick, S.
Author University of York Hill, J.K. Author WildAsia
Azmi, R.
Author University of York Gutierrez Al-Khudhairy, S.Y. Point of contact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher University of York Gutierrez Al-Khudhairy, S.Y.
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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
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Sabah
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oil palm
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management practices
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management intensity
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best management practices
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understorey vegetation
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Gutierrez Al-Khudhairy, S.Y., Howells, T.R., Bin Sailim, A., McClean, C.J., Senior, M.J.M., Benedick, S., Hill, J.K., Azmi, R. (2022). Management, yield, soil and vegetation data for oil palm smallholder farms in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, 2019. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/38487932-b32a-4b15-9fda-ea812c463466
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- Text, table
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- English
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- Environment
- Begin date
- 2019-08-01
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- 2019-11-30
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- WGS 84
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/38487932-b32a-4b15-9fda-ea812c463466 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/38487932-b32a-4b15-9fda-ea812c463466.zip Supporting information
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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- 2010-12-08
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Field surveys and questionnaires were conducted from August to November 2019, in collaboration with local field researchers and organisations in Sabah. Permission was received from the Sabah Biodiversity council to conduct our research in Sabah. Smallholder farmers were randomly selected for inclusion within the study, with assistance from a local non-for-profit organisation. We received verbal and written consent from all farmers prior to conducting any field surveys or questionnaires. Out of the 40 smallholder farms in our study, 35 farmers had RSPO certification (Round Table for Sustainable Palm Oil) and 5 farmers were non-certified (farmers from the Tampenau village) at the time of sampling. Yield measurements were reported by the farmer during face-to-face questionnaires (estimated fresh fruit bunch yield of the farm per harvest or per month) and not directly measured values. Hence, they might be subjected to some degree of error and might not be an exact representation of the farm’s yield. All vegetation survey information and soil samples were collected within a 0.28-hectare circular plot using a nested plot design, one plot per farm. Soil analyses were performed by Sabah Forestry centre in March 2020.
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- 38487932-b32a-4b15-9fda-ea812c463466 XML
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- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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- 2025-11-13T16:26:59
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- UK GEMINI
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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