high oil yield palm oil production line

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • How much oil does a palm plant produce a year?
  • Potential oil palm yields are >8 t oil ha ?1 year ?1 in most regions but average actual yields are about 3.3 t oil ha ?1 year ?1. Basic physiological processes underlying bunch production are not well understood. Water-limited yields are less than half of potential yields in drier growing regions of Thailand, Africa and the Americas.
  • How is oil palm produced?
  • Oil palm is grown in large-scale monoculture plantations or as a smallholder crop, with fruit bunches as the primary output and crude palm oil (CPO) and palm kernel oil (PKO) as the final products. Productivity is best measured as oil yield (t ha ?1 ), calculated from the yield of fruit bunches (t ha ?1) and the extraction rate (%).
  • Does oil palm production have a large yield gap?
  • Our study adds value to these previous studies by showing the prevalence of large yield gaps across the oil palm production region in the country, using field-level data collected across many sites and years using consistent protocols, and rigorously screened to avoid biases due to reporting errors or inaccuracies in field size.
  • Does high productivity shape a more sustainable oil palm industry?
  • High productivity is posited to shape a more sustainable oil palm industry. Drivers of productivity are explored using a system dynamics model. R&D is superior to other policies leading to higher fresh fruit bunches yield. Automation and mechanization are effective in reducing farm cost.