Soil is an important asset to oil palm plantations. It provides the water and nutrients needed for palm trees to grow and flourish. Good soil management, among other […]
Category: 2022
6 Ways a Digital Platform Maximises Your Agribusiness Productivity
Recently, chilli farmers in Kuala Langat saw encouraging outcomes with the adoption of digital technologies at their farms. Their productivity and income improved by over 20% and operational cost […]
Newest Developments in Agritech
Lately, the Malaysian agriculture scene has seen more and more industry players tapping into agritech. Simply put, the term “agritech” means technology application in agriculture to make the […]
Palm Oil: Exports, Labour & Local Demand
In the first four months of 2022, Malaysian crude palm oil (CPO) prices reached a record-high average of RM6,300 per tonne. Recent happenings globally and locally contributed to the […]
The NOW in Palm Oil
Here are some of the key factors steering the Malaysian palm oil industry today. MPOB’s development strategies for National Agricommodity Policy 2021-2030 (DAKN 2030) This recently launched policy […]
Factors Driving the Current Agriculture Supercycle
Supply bottlenecks in crop production due to the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded the shortage and high agriculture prices. Due to this, the Agriculture Ministry is looking into improvements […]
Malaysia Agriculture 4.0
Realising Agriculture 4.0 is not without its challenges. For one, the industry is still very much dependent on manual labour. Shortage of manpower coupled with productivity issues has […]
Smart Farming and Analytics
Malaysia’s agriculture industry is gradually shifting away from traditional to smart farming. However, “technology” remains the number one challenge faced by companies in the industry. A study by […]
Why Visibility Matters in Your Oil Palm Plantation
Complexity a Determining Factor in Business Process Visibility Analysts from Forrester Research defines business complexity as “the condition of having several interdependent and interconnected stakeholders, information technology systems […]
Feeding the World with Smarter Farming: From Agritech to What We Eat
In 2022 – 2023, the world population will cross the 8 billion mark. With the population steadily increasing, the global community must step up efforts to increase the […]