Enhancing sustainable oil palm cultivation using compost

Lai Guan Yi, . and Siti Aishah Abd Wahid, . and Premkumar Tamilarasan, . and Cheah See Siang, . Enhancing sustainable oil palm cultivation using compost. pp. 412-421. ISSN 1511-2780

Increasing interest in the sustainability of oil palm cultivation has led to greater use of oil palm waste as a substitute for inorganic fertiliser and to improve soil health. Waste materials from oil palm mill process include palm oil mill effluent (POME) decanter cake and empty fruit bunches are co-composted. Co-composting these wastes would not only solve myriad of environmental issues it could potentially improve soil quality and fresh fruit bunch production for sustainable palm oil production. Therefore a field experiment was initiated to study the effects of compost and inorganic fertiliser on soil chemical properties and fresh fruit bunch yield of oil palm planted on a sedentary soil in Peninsula Malaysia. Application of either compost or fertiliser alone increased fresh fruit bunch yield from 23.24 to 25.49 or 25.55 t FFB hayr. Soil chemical properties such as soil pH organic C total N and P available P exchangeable cations (K� � and Mg�) and cation exchange capacity were significantly increased by the application of compost making compost an effective organic material and nutrient source for improving the health of soils under oil palm cultivation.

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Abstract

Increasing interest in the sustainability of oil palm cultivation has led to greater use of oil palm waste as a substitute for inorganic fertiliser and to improve soil health. Waste materials from oil palm mill process include palm oil mill effluent (POME) decanter cake and empty fruit bunches are co-composted. Co-composting these wastes would not only solve myriad of environmental issues it could potentially improve soil quality and fresh fruit bunch production for sustainable palm oil production. Therefore a field experiment was initiated to study the effects of compost and inorganic fertiliser on soil chemical properties and fresh fruit bunch yield of oil palm planted on a sedentary soil in Peninsula Malaysia. Application of either compost or fertiliser alone increased fresh fruit bunch yield from 23.24 to 25.49 or 25.55 t FFB hayr. Soil chemical properties such as soil pH organic C total N and P available P exchangeable cations (K� � and Mg�) and cation exchange capacity were significantly increased by the application of compost making compost an effective organic material and nutrient source for improving the health of soils under oil palm cultivation.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Elaeis guineensis
AGROVOC Term:	Oil palm
AGROVOC Term:	Cultivation
AGROVOC Term:	Soil analysis
AGROVOC Term:	Field experimentation
AGROVOC Term:	Composts
AGROVOC Term:	Soil nutrient content
AGROVOC Term:	Inorganic fertilizers
AGROVOC Term:	Soil physicochemical properties
AGROVOC Term:	Chemical composition
Depositing User:	Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 00:54
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8678

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