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| 1 week old nursery .Plastic Container for 25 germinated seed. Start planting on 26 April 2011 |
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| This plastic container for 50 seed and smaller |
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| Plastic bag for 6 month |
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| Different size of nursery bag for comparision |
Monday, May 2, 2011
1 Week Old Oil Palm Nursery
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Palm oil smallholders critical component in nation’s oil palm industry – Chairman
Posted on April 14, 2011, Thursday
SARIKEI: Smallholders who are responsible for 40 per cent of palm oil planted areas in the country are considered as one of the main components of the country’s palm oil industry. As such, the BN government accorded due consideration towards the role of the smallholders, Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) chairman, Dato Seri Utama Shahrir Abdul Samad said when officiating at a Palm Oil Management Course in Saratok on Tuesday.
Special attention was accorded towards increasing the production of the quality crop which was achievable through the application of new technology and good agriculture practice. This required the farmers to establish working relationship with MPOB’s Tunas officers, he said.
Furthermore, increasing the productivity and income of smallholder farmers was in line with the objective of the government’s Economic Transformation Programme to spearhead the country towards a high-income economy status by 2020, he pointed out.
“In that respect, eight Entry Point Projects (EPPs) ranging from upstream activities aimed at increasing production and downstream activities aimed at producing value-added products will be implemented,”
An increase in downstream activity was expected to generate an income of RM178 billion by 2020 compared to RM52.7 billion currently, he said.
The fast growth of palm oil industry in the past five decades had contributed immensely towards the country’s economic development, he said, adding, as the acreage of palm oil plantation was already 4.85 million hectares or 71 per cent of the country’s agricultural land by 2010, the industry had become the most thriving agricultural activity.
The government had also identified several strategic measures to further increase the production of palm oil, including that of the smallholders, he said. That included cutting of old palm oil trees (aged over 25 years) to pave the way for replanting of a new high-yielding breed.
According to him, there were a total of 449,415 ha with trees aged over 25 years old throughout the country of which 109,083ha were smallholders’ and 340,332ha were plantations. MPOB had also come with a new technology capable of increasing palm oil’s annual production to 26 ton per ha by 2020, he said, adding, for that the government had allocated a sum of about RM297 million to be utilised from this year till 2013.
In this programme, MPOB would supply seedlings and other agricultural inputs worth RM7,000 for a ha, he disclosed, adding, besides, some smallholder farmers were eligible to get RM500 monthly maintenance subsidy for a period of two years. Shahrir, advised the palm oil farmers, especially the smallholders to get in touch with MPOB to get the updates on every aspect of the industry.
Among those present were Deputy Minister of Transport, Jelaing Mersat, chairman of MPOB’s Integrated Research and Extension section director, Idris Omar and MPOB officers.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Sarawak palm oil industry to generate RM35 billion annually
From The Borneo Post
Posted on April 9, 2011, Saturday
KUCHING: Sarawak is the final frontier of the Malaysian oil palm industry, a major source of revenue that is strategic to rural development, according to planters in the state. Although the industry in Sarawak which started in earnest in the late 1980s has yet to realise its full potential, it has already brought great benefits to the state, including infrastructure development in the rural areas, they said.
“Oil palm is a strategic industry for rural centric development and can alleviate poverty,” Datuk Abdul Hamed Sepawi, chairman of the Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association, told Bernama. “If not oil palm, what then is the alternative for rural growth and economic development in Malaysia?” he asked.
Oil palm has been planted on 1.1 million hectares of state and native customary rights land, whose owners enjoy a share of dividends. The state government has earmarked two million hectares or 15 per cent of state land for oil palm plantation.
Hamed recalled that oil palm was the economic security crop for Malaysia during the Asian financial crisis in 1997-98, when it was one of the most important sources of foreign exchange. “The industry adopts sustainable practices using standard operation procedures to ensure that it will continue to bring prosperity to the state,” Hamed said.
He said the association worked closely with the Malaysian Palm Oil Board and research organisations to make certain that good management practices and the sustainability approach were observed. “We look forward to working with the government in setting up a dedicated oil palm plantation institution in Sarawak to develop all the skills the industry needs,” Hamed added.
Association secretary Philip Ho said the industry could generate massive opportunities for people in different professions. Right now, there was a shortage of workers, making necessary recruitment from outside, he said.
Ho said that plantations had a lifespan of over 30 years per cycle. Projecting future income, he said: At an average of 25-30 tonnes of fresh fruit bunches per hectare and at RM700 per tonne, two million hectares can generate around RM35 billion annually to the state.” From 2001 to 2009, he noted, the oil palm industry in Sarawak contributed RM916 million to the tax revenue of the state. – Bernama
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
MPOB to assist local smallholders in oil palm planting, replanting scheme
Posted on April 5, 2011, Tuesday by the Borneo Post
INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY: Dompok (standing, centre), Riotd (standing, fifth left) and Adzmi (standing, fifth right) with Cantas Discount Scheme recipients.
SERIAN: The government through the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) will allocate RM7, 000 per hectare to smallholders for them to participate in the replanting and new planting of oil palms. Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok said the assistance was to increase the country’s palm oil production as it has been identified as one of the National Key Economic Areas (NKEA. Dompok said the Palm Replanting Scheme for Small Farmers (TSSPK) includes the chopping down of palm trees older than 25 years old and those no longer productive.
Under TSSPK, the government also provided smallholding maintenance assistance (CPC) of RM500 per month for two years to successful applicants.In addition to increasing oil palm production, TSSPK also helped to open new land for small scale farmers.
“We want to encourage small scale farmers in Sarawak and Sabah to go into the new planting and replanting scheme.”This is the reason why the government provides assistance of RM7, 000 per hectare to cover costs for fertilisers, insecticides, weed killers and more,” he said.
He was speaking to reporters after officiating the ‘Pemimpin Bersama Pekebun Kecil Sawit’ at Ranchan Recreation Park here yesterday. Also present were Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs who is also Serian MP Datuk Richard Riot, and MPOB’s Licensing and Enforcement Division director Adzmi Hassan.
According to Dompok, Sarawak has recorded a total of 10,417 small scale farmers for oil palm plantations with an area of 58,800 hectares.Thus, he urged them to increase productivity to enhance their production of palm oil. At the same time Dompok said the ministry was trying to get more funds for other cash crops like pepper and cocoa.
For pepper he said the state is the highest producer of black pepper, which is more than 90 per cent of national production in the pepper industry. While for the cultivation of cocoa, he said at one time there were more than 200,000 hectares, now it had declined to only 20,000 hectares.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
MPOB ruling unpopular with dealers
Commodities Talk- by Hanim Adnan
THE Malaysian Palm Oil Board's (MPOB) decision to bar its licenced oil palm dealers from buying and selling oil palm fresh fruit bunches (FFBs) with other co-dealers, effective Jan 1, has come under fire.
Last Friday, board members of the Malaysian Palm Oil Dealers Association (MPODA) openly challenged MPOB's move, claiming it to be unfair and favouring palm oil millers which can now accept FFBs from various sources, like estate owners, independent dealers, smallholders.
Previously, they were restricted to just licenced FFB dealers. Despite repeated attempts to get MPOB to withdraw the new ruling, which was proposed in 2009, the plea by MPODA members has gone unheeded.
Furthermore, dealers claim that the reasons given by MPOB for introducing the ruling were rather weak.
It had said that the ruling would give opportunity for estates, smallholdings and other dealers to sell directly to millers, enable small dealers to not be monopolised by big dealers and to ensure quality of the FFB for the oil extraction rate (OER) to exceed 25 tonnes.
It is important to emphasise that the low OER lies in the hands of millers and not oil palm dealers. Why are some inefficient millers not penalised when they failed to produce higher OER? Some dealers even claim that some millers, who are also large plantation owners with representatives in MPOB, have enough clout to influence the decision of MPOB.
Currently, there are easily at least over 3,000 oil palm dealers serving over 400 palm oil mills nationwide.
Furthermore, if the buying and selling of FFBs among oil palm dealers were banned, this would translate into loss of employment, income and the folding-up of many small dealers nationwide.
The implication is particularly severe to the cooperative scheme for smallholders and district farmers' organisations which had reaped better returns from the current dealers' system via open tender.Under the new ruling, the closure of small dealers' enterprises would be unavoidable given the lack of financial resources, logistics, transportation problems and rotten FFBs, especially during peak harvesting season. Apart from providing transportation to FFBs, oil palm dealers were also known to provide other services like credit terms, cash advancement, fertiliser supply and harvesters.
As for MPOB, it is also wise to provide proper statistical data to support its claim that big oil palm FFB dealers are monopolising the industry. It should also undertake an indepth study on the OER to show who is actually at fault - the millers or the dealers.
As MPODA president Datuk Abdul Fattah Abdullah said, stakeholders in the industry should work together to ensure that the country's OER ranged 20% to 24%. Those who are not able to produce at the desired level should not blame others for their own inadequacy.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
2011 CPO prices to average RM3,600 per tonne
Posted on January 19, 2011, Wednesday
KUCHING: The president of Asian Agri Group, Datuk Yeo How recently gave his views on the plantation sector with a bullish outlook on crude palm oil (CPO) prices. In its research report, Hong Leong Investment Bank Bhd (Hong Leong Research) said that the mooted CPO average price was RM3,600 per tonne. For that matter, the research house said Yeo believed that CPO prices had the potential of rallying beyond the RM4,000 per tonne mark in the near term, albeit with greater price volatility relative to 2010.
This view was underpinned by the record-low inventory levels for several major oilseeds and grains largely due to adverse weather conditions. To elaborate further, the oilseeds and grains in question were soybean, sunflower oil and CPO. While the weak corn and soybean crop would have already been factored into the current high prices, Yeo believed that prices of soybean would soar higher should soybean crops come below expectations and hence result in higher CPO prices. Nevertheless, beyond the first half of this year, while Yeo believed that CPO output would recover from the second half of this year onwards, it was important to note that the quantum of the crop recovery re-mained questionable and this would not soften CPO prices should crop recovery be weak.
In other developments, Hong Leong Research said Yeo’s views also included both demand and prices to likely strengthen post Chinese New Year as China would likely begin inventory replenishing given the low inventory level and as the industry started to move away from seasonally weak demand during the winter months.
While there were concerns that skyrocketing commodity prices might result in demand rationing for CPO, Yeo believed that this was unlikely to happen at this juncture given that prices of other oilseeds had increased substantially as well. Notably, the research firm also highlighted Yeo’s views that the current high commodity prices were also supported by the flush of liquidity and the weak US dollar.
Furthermore, it also presented Yeo’s beliefs that margins for the refining business would remain tight amidst the current high CPO prices for the downstream segment. On the issue of biodiesel viability, Yeo said mandates from various countries should help cushion biodiesel consumption although it was currently not economically viable on a free market basis.
There were also risks present in the form of global vegetable oils (including CPO) production coming in higher than expected, which would result in lower-than-expected CPO prices and also demand rationing by certain oil-consuming countries. The effects of this would be apparent when vegetable oil prices skyrocket to certain levels, which would bring down consumption for vegetable oil.
Hong Leong Research noted that there was still plenty of upside to plantation stocks at the current share price levels as those under its coverage were still trading below two-year historical forward price-to-earnings mean. Its top picks on the sector were IOI Corporation Bhd, Sime Darby Bhd and Tradewinds Plantation Bhd with target prices at RM6.62 per share, RM10.76 per share and RM4.60 per share respectively.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Bilangan Dan Berat Buah Tandan Kelapa Sawit
10 - 12 buah tandan boleh dihasilkan oleh pokok matang kelapa sawit setahun . Setiap pokok matang akan menghasilkan buah berat 20 kg sebulan. Oleh itu setiap pokok hasilkan 10 x 20 = 200 kg x .50 = RM 100. (Jika harga kilang RM500/tan) .Tanam 1000 pokok = RM100,000.00. Untuk menjana pendapatan 1 juta setahun kenalah menanam 10,000 sawit / 148 = 68 ha.
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