Integrated Weed Management
Strategies for Oil Palm
Project Initiation Document
Project Executive: [S Murphy]
Senior Users: [J Flood]
Senior Supplier: [S Murphy]
Project Manager: [M Rutherford]
Business Unit: [ID]
Introduction
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CABI Business Owner/Project Executive: S Murphy
Stakeholders:● Donor(s): Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
(RSPO)
● End-user(s): RSPO, Oil Palm Industry
● Partner(s): RSPO Secretariat
Proposed Organisation Structure
● Corporate Management: J Flood, S Murphy
● Project Board:● Executive: S Murphy
● Senior Users: J Flood
● Senior Supplier: S Murphy
● Project Assurance:
● Project Manager: Mike Rutherford
● Team Managers: NA
Project Objectives
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To ascertain, through in country surveys, the current usage of herbicides in
oil palm plantations in Malaysia, Indonesia, Colombia and PNG.
To review human and environmental toxicities of common herbicides used
in oil palm cultivation
To review known information on environmental and ecological fate of
common herbicides used in oil palm cultivation
To collate information on current use of Paraquat in oil palm plantations.
To compare different alternative strategies for weed management under a
range of conditions in participating countries and with reference to RSPO
Principles & Criteria
To plan and organise a workshop to discuss the alternatives for weed
management and their possible adoption
To collate and report findings from the project, formulating recommendations
and drawing overall conclusions.
Project Duration: 12 months
Estimated Start Date: 12 January 2009
Key Work Packages – key stages
Work Package/Deliverable
Completion Date
Summary data from survey of current usage of herbicides in oil
palm available.
July 2009
Literature review of human and environmental toxicities of
common herbicides used in oil palm estates produced.
July 2009
Literature review of environmental and ecological fate of common
herbicides used in oil palm estates produced.
July 2009
Report on current use of Paraquat in oil palm produced.
July 2009
Report of 8 CASE studies examining and comparing strategies for
weed management in Malaysia, Indonesia, PNG and Colombia
produced.
September 2009
Stakeholder workshop held and report of proceedings produced.
November 2009
Final report of project findings and conclusions produced.
December 2009
Resource Requirements
Staff (role on project)
Days/Months Required on Project
M Rutherford (CABI E-UK) - project
manager, input to all activities, responsible
for overall output delivery
86 days initially
M Seier (CABI E-UK) - oversee and
responsible for prep. of literature reviews
10 days initially
S Varia (CABI E-UK) – abstracting and
preparation of literature reviews
30 days initially
S Soetikno and co. (CABI SEARC) regional liaison and facilitation of activities;
acquisition and provision of relevant
documentation to CABI E-UK; organisation/
implementation of workshop and input to
prep. of proceedings.
24 days initially
Customer Acceptance Criteria
● Delivery of specified outputs as agreed in Contract
and on schedule.
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Key Business Benefits - Strategic
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Increased income to CABI through ID and Commodities
● Development and improvement of relations with range of
organisations, including producers, in oil palm sector, in
particularly RSPO as an key and internally recognised
representative of the industry.
● Enhanced reputation of CABI as a provider of specialist
expertise and knowledge to oil palm and other commodity
based industries.
● Improved prospects for identifying and securing other
externally funded projects and consultancies in the oil palm
sector.
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Key Business Benefits – Financial
Financial – Detail
● Donor Currency: Euro
Include the following information (£):
● Contract Value/Total Project Revenue: £78,346
● Overhead Rate Applicable: 80%
● Costs
● CABI Implementing Staff Costs: £34,644
● Direct Costs (travel, etc): £15,983
● Payments to External Collaborators: Nil
● Net Project Contribution: £27,715 and 35.4%
Project Exclusions & Interfaces
Exclusions
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Interfaces
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Ongoing and future CABI projects concerned with oil palm and
herbicide supply and use
Oil palm production and supply industry
Pesticide supply industry
Key Constraints & Assumptions
Constraints
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Narrow time frame for completion of all activities and delivery of outputs
Assumptions
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Appropriate CABI staff resources remain available at E-UK and SEA
Regional Centres and provide inputs as agreed
Reps. of oil palm industry (namely producers) participate in surveys
RSPO members and RSPO National Interest Working Groups (NIWG)
effectively engage in project to facilitate in-country activities and provide
information as requested
RSPO Secretariat effectively engages in project to facilitate in-country
activities and to forward, to CABI, information as received from members,
NIWGs and other sources
Political stability remains in each of the four collaborating countries to allow
completion of activities
Key Risks
Risk
Owner
Likeli
hood
Impact
Total
Management Strategy
Reporting
Corporate Management
Regular informal consultation with RD and GD, provision of
outputs as produced and required.
Project Board
As above
Project Team
Day to day interaction and review of progress by project
manager to ensure delivery of outputs by individual team
members and team as a whole
Supporting Documentation
As a minimum to accompany the completed PID:
● Project Financial Analysis
● Executive Summary of Proposal to Donor
(where available)
Extra supporting documentation may be provided:
● Gantt Chart (or Log Frame)
● Any other documentation as appropriate
Authorisation to Implement Project
PID Sign Off………………………………………………
Date……………………………………………………….
(use for final PID approval)