Sabah, Malaysia's biggest palm oil‐producing state, has made Roundtable Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification mandatory under Sabah's Jurisdictional Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (JCSPO) initiative. Few studies have examined the independent native smallholders' challenges in adopting the JCSPO initiative. To address this knowledge gap, we engaged with oil palm smallholders via various qualitative methodological approaches over a 14 month period. We identified a range of challenges currently faced by the smallholder; these include RSPO compliance, land tenure issue, low financial and knowledge capacities, increasing food insecurity, and unstable market price of certified crude palm oil. In our article, we argue that the statewide certification policy is consolidating the inequalities in resource access and capacity for growth amongst smallholder groups in different districts. Fair resource allocation to different geographical areas is needed to provide new empowerment mechanisms and remedies for marginalized groups.

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“即使负担很重，也要微笑”：小农挑战和沙巴可持续棕榈油倡议

马来西亚最大的棕榈油生产州沙巴州已根据沙巴州可持续棕榈油管辖区认证 (JCSPO) 计划，强制实施圆桌可持续棕榈油 (RSPO) 认证。很少有研究探讨独立的本土小农在采用 JCSPO 倡议时面临的挑战。为了解决这一知识差距，我们在 14 个月的时间里通过各种定性方法与油棕小农进行了接触。我们确定了小农目前面临的一系列挑战；其中包括 RSPO 合规性、土地保有权问题、财务和知识能力低下、粮食不安全加剧以及经认证的毛棕榈油市场价格不稳定。在我们的文章中，我们认为全州范围内的认证政策正在巩固不同地区小农群体在资源获取和增长能力方面的不平等。需要对不同地理区域进行公平的资源分配，为边缘群体提供新的赋权机制和补救措施。