Oil palm

• January 12, 2026

  Palawan and Sabah in the oil palm frontier: undocumented Filipino migrant workers and the social reproduction of labour

  

  CASAS’ member Carlo John B. Arceo has published with Diana Peters this article in The Journal of Peasant Studies. Abstract: This article analyses the social reproduction of undocumented migrant workers within a stringent labour regime in an enclosed Malaysian oil palm plantation. It illustrates how capital and institutions tolerate irregular migration, creating an intergenerational labour…
• April 13, 2021

  Oil Palm Workers Confront a Fatal Blow Against Unions in Colombia

  On November 1st, 2019, Indupalma, one of the pioneer companies in the Colombian palm oil industry, announced its voluntary dissolution. This company is not bankrupt and owns 10,000 hectares of productive oil palm crops. Why does a productive and financially-viable company decide to enter a voluntary dissolution process? In Colombia, palm oil corporations have implemented,…