Currently the Guinean Oil Palm and Rubber Company (SOGUIPAH) is the largest rubber and oil palm producer in the country accounting for significant employment and income generation at the national and the local level (see Section 2.1 ).
Does smallholder-based oil palm and rubber production boost rural development?
Smallholder-based production of these crops has also been promoted to boost rural development but the food security outcomes are unclear. This exploratory study assesses the food security outcomes of smallholder-based oil palm and rubber production at the household level using six standardized metrics of food security.
What crops are produced in Guinea?
Rubber and oil palm are the major industrial crops produced in the region, with coffee being less (but increasingly) popular ( Section 1 ). Diecke accommodates some of the operations of the largest industrial crop company in Guinea, the Guinean Oil Palm and Rubber Company (SOGUIPAH).
Does oil palm production reduce food insecurity?
Involvement in oil palm production reduces the experiential measures of food insecurity (HFIAS by ?9.77 points) and consumption behaviors (CSI by ?0.95 points). However, only the results for HFIAS are statistically significant ( Table 6 ).