vegetable palm oil of etawau com in durban

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • Why is oil palm important in Sabah?
  • Oil palm is Sabah’s golden crop and economic backbone. The transactions for oil palm estates in Sandakan, Tawau and Lahad Datu were active in Sabah. The volcanic soil around Tawau being ideal for cocoa which was the first cash crop of Tawau.
  • What is Tawau known for?
  • The volcanic soil around Tawau being ideal for cocoa which was the first cash crop of Tawau. With the decline of the cocoa price on the international market many cocoa estates have changed to palm oil and today Tawau’s surroundings is rather uniform throughout with the view of oil palm plantations as far as the eye can reach.
  • What is the biodiversity of oil palm plantation in Malaysia?
  • Oil palm plantation in Malaysia has great biodiversity than in the case of annual cereals, vegetables and other short-term cropping systems of the world. A typical oil palm plantation is teemed with 268 species of flora and fauna, which include microbes, insects, arthropods, reptiles, fish, birds and small mammals.
  • Who started oil palm plantation in Malaysia?
  • The first commercial oil palm plantation was established in Sumatra, Indonesia by M. Adrien Hallet, a Belgian agronomist with interests in the Belgian Congo (Zaire). The development of the industry in Malaysia is attributed to Frenchman, Henri Fauconnier and his association with Hallet.