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Table 14 shows that, while the proportion of women with small acreages (42 percent) compares
favourably with that of men (58 percent), a higher proportion of men than women have medium to large
acreages (72-76 percent compared with 24-28 percent).

Table 13. Gender and Scale of Production

Gender of

respondent

Scale of production Total

Small-scale

producers

Medium-scale

producers

Large-scale

producers

Male 23 14 1 38 (72%)

Female 11 4 0 15 (28%)

Total 34 (64%) 18 (34%) 1 (2%) 53 (100%)

Source: Authors’ own surveys

Table 14. Gender and Acreage under Oil Palm Cultivation

Scale

(acreage)

2009 2010 2011 Total

(2011)

Male Female Male Female Male Female

Small (<5) 2 1 0 1 7 (58%) 5 (42%) 12 (100%)

Medium (5-10) 5 0 5 0 13 (72%) 5 (28%) 18 (100%)

Large (>10) 1 0 3 0 13 (76%) 4 (24%) 17 (100%)

Total 33 (58%) 14 (42%) 57 (100%)

Source: Authors’ own surveys

Table 15. Gender and Type of Production

Gender of

respondent

Type of production Total Percentage of Private

holders by Gender

Private Outgrower

Male 37 1 38 69.8

Female (^14115) 26.4
Total (^51253) 96.2
Source: Authors’ own surveys

Table 16. Gender and Smallholder Farmer Linkages with Buyers of FFBs

Gender of

respondent

Linkage with buyers of fresh fruit bunches Total

Formally, through representa-

tive of buyers associations

Through

personal linkages

No links

with buyers

Male 5 15 20 40

Female 3 2 7 12

Total 8 (15%) 17 (33%) 27 (52%) 52 (100%)

Source: Authors’ own surveys