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A review of fertilization assessment methods in oil palm plantation

Rising in production cost due to labour shortage, low efficiency of farm operation, low yield, and increase in input cost of materials were among the key factors faced by Malaysian oil palm industry. Thus, significantly affect the overall upstream performance and the annual budget for the plantation...

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Main Authors: Mat Su, Ahmad Suhaizi, Tan, Shu Qing
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Society of Agricultural Engineers 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76512/1/MSAEC-2.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.765122020-02-05T04:18:20Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76512/ A review of fertilization assessment methods in oil palm plantation Mat Su, Ahmad Suhaizi Tan, Shu Qing Rising in production cost due to labour shortage, low efficiency of farm operation, low yield, and increase in input cost of materials were among the key factors faced by Malaysian oil palm industry. Thus, significantly affect the overall upstream performance and the annual budget for the plantation operation. Input cost, especially fertilizer accounted for more than 50% of the production cost annually. Highly weathered tropical soil, intensive and mono-cropping farming activities caused nutrient depletion over the availability of the nutrient to the plant. Among the agronomic practices, fertilizer application and saving become a limitation due to its increasing share of production cost, thus effect the annual targeted yield. Prior to the fertilizer application and recommendation rate, a proper fertilizer assessment program should be conducted for achieving economic, social and environmental sustainability. In this paper, several methods of fertilizer assessment for oil palm plantation were identified and discussed based upon the agronomic practices. In addition, the several techniques under proximal sensing technology for Precision Agriculture (PA) program to quantify the fertility and crop response also were listed. The adaptation of the technology and a new approach in reducing the fertilizer used will lead the input cost reduction in oil palm plantation while improves overall farm efficiency. Malaysian Society of Agricultural Engineers 2019 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76512/1/MSAEC-2.pdf Mat Su, Ahmad Suhaizi and Tan, Shu Qing (2019) A review of fertilization assessment methods in oil palm plantation. In: Konvensyen Kebangsaan Kejuruteraan Pertanian dan Makanan 2019, 21 Mac 2019, Wisma Tani, Kementerian Pertanian & Industri Asas Tani, Putrajaya. (pp. 27-31).
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description Rising in production cost due to labour shortage, low efficiency of farm operation, low yield, and increase in input cost of materials were among the key factors faced by Malaysian oil palm industry. Thus, significantly affect the overall upstream performance and the annual budget for the plantation operation. Input cost, especially fertilizer accounted for more than 50% of the production cost annually. Highly weathered tropical soil, intensive and mono-cropping farming activities caused nutrient depletion over the availability of the nutrient to the plant. Among the agronomic practices, fertilizer application and saving become a limitation due to its increasing share of production cost, thus effect the annual targeted yield. Prior to the fertilizer application and recommendation rate, a proper fertilizer assessment program should be conducted for achieving economic, social and environmental sustainability. In this paper, several methods of fertilizer assessment for oil palm plantation were identified and discussed based upon the agronomic practices. In addition, the several techniques under proximal sensing technology for Precision Agriculture (PA) program to quantify the fertility and crop response also were listed. The adaptation of the technology and a new approach in reducing the fertilizer used will lead the input cost reduction in oil palm plantation while improves overall farm efficiency.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mat Su, Ahmad Suhaizi
Tan, Shu Qing
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Tan, Shu Qing
A review of fertilization assessment methods in oil palm plantation
author_facet Mat Su, Ahmad Suhaizi
Tan, Shu Qing
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title A review of fertilization assessment methods in oil palm plantation
title_short A review of fertilization assessment methods in oil palm plantation
title_full A review of fertilization assessment methods in oil palm plantation
title_fullStr A review of fertilization assessment methods in oil palm plantation
title_full_unstemmed A review of fertilization assessment methods in oil palm plantation
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publisher Malaysian Society of Agricultural Engineers
publishDate 2019
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76512/1/MSAEC-2.pdf
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