Issues of ruminant integration with oil palm plantation

Mohd Zamri-Saad, . and K. Azhar, . Issues of ruminant integration with oil palm plantation. pp. 299-305. ISSN 1511-2780

The National Agricultural Policy identified integration of ruminant with plantation as an important strategy to increase beef production. Thus the nationaI beef production was forecasted to increase from 9500 t in 2005 to 20 200 t in 2010 while the numbers of cattle should reach 1 million by 2015. This follows integration of 739 600 ha of plantation with ruminant. A further increase to 2.2 million hectares for livestock integration should spearhead beef production towards self-sufficiency. Integration with ruminant provides additional income and biological control of weeds thus reduces chemical contamination. Despite the efforts to promote livestock integration the idea did not really take off. The managements of established plantations remain focused on palm oil production claiming that livestock integration distracted them from that primary function. Therefore livestock integration system should be reviewed to encourage small planters participation via modifications of the current on-farm or farm within plantation integration where all activities are carried out in the same farm to between-farm integration where each farm concentrates on a specific output with exchanges of resources between farms or farmers. However betweenfarm integration requires modification of the current policy on livestock-crop integration. Furthermore it requires close coordination for successful and sustainable venture.

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Abstract

The National Agricultural Policy identified integration of ruminant with plantation as an important strategy to increase beef production. Thus the nationaI beef production was forecasted to increase from 9500 t in 2005 to 20 200 t in 2010 while the numbers of cattle should reach 1 million by 2015. This follows integration of 739 600 ha of plantation with ruminant. A further increase to 2.2 million hectares for livestock integration should spearhead beef production towards self-sufficiency. Integration with ruminant provides additional income and biological control of weeds thus reduces chemical contamination. Despite the efforts to promote livestock integration the idea did not really take off. The managements of established plantations remain focused on palm oil production claiming that livestock integration distracted them from that primary function. Therefore livestock integration system should be reviewed to encourage small planters participation via modifications of the current on-farm or farm within plantation integration where all activities are carried out in the same farm to between-farm integration where each farm concentrates on a specific output with exchanges of resources between farms or farmers. However betweenfarm integration requires modification of the current policy on livestock-crop integration. Furthermore it requires close coordination for successful and sustainable venture.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Ruminants
AGROVOC Term:	Elaeis guineensis
AGROVOC Term:	Oil palm
AGROVOC Term:	Plantations
AGROVOC Term:	Livestock
AGROVOC Term:	Integration
AGROVOC Term:	Farmers
AGROVOC Term:	Beef
AGROVOC Term:	Beef cattle
AGROVOC Term:	Smallholders
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 06:28
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24320

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