Geospatial Technology for Sustainable Oil Palm Industry

Geospatial Technology for Sustainable Oil Palm Industry
Author: Kasturi Kanniah
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2024-05-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0429578407

Oil palm cultivation is a significant contributor to the global agricultural industry, providing valuable resources for various products. While it has faced challenges, including concerns about deforestation and environmental degradation, it is crucial to understand the geographical distribution of oil palms to ensure responsible and sustainable management. This book introduces the application of geospatial technology to the palm oil industry, demonstrating how these tools can address key issues while promoting responsible practices. The topics discussed in the book aim to tackle challenges such as illegal deforestation and the monitoring of environmental impacts associated with oil palm cultivation. Key Features: The first book to explore the use of remote sensing and geospatial technologies for mapping and monitoring oil palm plantations Introduces cutting-edge techniques from the fourth industrial revolution, including the use of the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence, big data and analytics, block chain and 5G technology for effective oil palm tree monitoring Addresses current environmental concerns affecting the industry, including issues like floods, changes in precipitation, temperature, humidity, and El Niño events Explores the scientific aspects of promoting sustainability in oil palm developments and the responsible conversion of rainforests into oil palm plantations Provides a wealth of application data for early detection and continuous monitoring of environmental challenges. This book serves as an insightful resource for those interested in geospatial technologies and their positive impact on monitoring and mitigating environmental changes in the context of the palm oil industry.

Geospatial Technology for Sustainable Oil Palm Industry

Geospatial Technology for Sustainable Oil Palm Industry
Author: Kasturi Devi Kanniah
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024
Genre: Oil palm
ISBN: 9781032729589

"Oil palm cultivation is a significant contributor to the global agricultural industry, providing valuable resources for various products. While it has faced challenges, including concerns about deforestation and environmental degradation, it is crucial to understand the geographical distribution of oil palms to ensure responsible, sustainable management. 'Geospatial Technology for Sustainable Oil Palm Industry' introduces the application of geospatial technology to the oil palm industry, showing how these tools address key issues while promoting responsible practices"--

The Oil Palm

The Oil Palm
Author: R. H. V. Corley
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 689
Release: 2015-10-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1118953304

The oil palm is the world's most valuable oil crop. Its production has increased over the decades, reaching 56 million tons in 2013, and it gives the highest yields per hectare of all oil crops. Remarkably, oil palm has remained profitable through periods of low prices. Demand for palm oil is also expanding, with the edible demand now complemented by added demand from biodiesel producers. The Oil Palm is the definitive reference work on this important crop. This fifth edition features new topics - including the conversion of palm oil to biodiesel, and discussions about the impacts of palm oil production on the environment and effects of climate change alongside comprehensively revised chapters, with updated references throughout. The Oil Palm, Fifth Edition will be useful to researchers, plantation and mill managers who wish to understand the science underlying recommended practices. It is an indispensable reference for agriculture students and all those working in the oil palm industry worldwide.

Remote Sensing in Precision Agriculture

Remote Sensing in Precision Agriculture
Author: Salim Lamine
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 555
Release: 2023-10-20
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0323914640

Remote Sensing in Precision Agriculture: Transforming Scientific Advancement into Innovation compiles the latest applications of remote sensing in agriculture using spaceborne, airborne and drones' geospatial data. The book presents case studies, new algorithms and the latest methods surrounding crop sown area estimation, determining crop health status, assessment of vegetation dynamics, crop diseases identification, crop yield estimation, soil properties, drone image analysis for crop damage assessment, and other issues in precision agriculture. This book is ideal for those seeking to explore and implement remote sensing in an effective and efficient manner with its compendium of scientifically and technologically sound information. - Presents a well-integrated collection of chapters, with quality, consistency and continuity - Provides the latest RS techniques in Precision Agriculture that are addressed by leading experts - Includes detailed, yet geographically global case studies that can be easily understood, reproduced or implemented - Covers geospatial data, with codes available through shared links

Oilcrops complex: policy changes and industry measures - Annual compendium - 2018

Oilcrops complex: policy changes and industry measures - Annual compendium - 2018
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2019-05-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9251314373

The 2018 compendium offers an overview of salient government policies and related private sector measures concerning global and national markets for oilcrops and derived products. Its purpose is to facilitate the work of policy makers, market experts, analysts and other interested stakeholders by providing a short, concise, overview of policy developments relevant to the sector. Detailed news items are presented in tabular form (in English only), preceeded by a breief discussion of teh key policy trends observed in the year under review.

Large-scale plantations, bioenergy developments and land use change in Indonesia

Large-scale plantations, bioenergy developments and land use change in Indonesia
Author: Anne Casson
Publisher: CIFOR
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2014-12-29
Genre:
ISBN: 6021504666

Indonesia’'s forests make up one of the world’s most biologically diverse ecosystems. They have long been harvested by local people to meet their daily needs. Since the 1970s, a combination of demographic, economic and policy factors has driven forest exploitation at the industrial scale and resulted in growing deforestation. Key factors behind the forest loss and land use change in present-day Indonesia are the expansion of oil palm, plywood production and pulp and paper industries. Oil palm has been one of the fastest-growing sectors of the Indonesian economy, increasing from less than 1 million hectares in 1991 to 8.9 million hectares in 2011. The plywood and pulp and paper industries have also expanded significantly since the log export ban in 1985. All three sectors have contributed to deforestation. Several measures are being taken to reduce the loss of tropical forests in Indonesia. These measures are driven by growing global concern about the impact of deforestation on biodiversity and global warming and the Indonesian government’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A major policy initiative revolves around developing renewable energy from biomass that can be sourced from oil palm, sugar, cassava, jatropha and timber plantations. This paper analyzes these measures and assesses the conditions under which they may be most effective.

Corporate commitments to zero deforestation

Corporate commitments to zero deforestation
Author: Jopke, P.
Publisher: CIFOR
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2018-04-04
Genre:
ISBN: 6023870732

This research critically examines implementation gaps and externality problems associated with the recent proliferation of zero deforestation commitments (ZDC) by large commodity producers. By developing and employing a hierarchical framework, we evaluate

The Impacts and Opportunities of Oil Palm in Southeast Asia

The Impacts and Opportunities of Oil Palm in Southeast Asia
Author: Douglas Sheil
Publisher:
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2009
Genre: Oil palm
ISBN:

Oil palm basics. Oil palm and palm oil. Historical summary. Palm oil biology, products and productivity. Oil palm cultivation. Yield and its improvement. Palm oil production and global trends. Palm oil production. Biofuel development, demand and expansion. Palm oil prices. The boom continues. A driver of deforestation?. Greenhouse gas emissions.