-Palm oil is nowadays the first vegetable oil consumed worldwide. Given the world population growth and the increasing demand in fat for food and fuel, the increase in oil palm production is expected to continue. It is thus important to find ways of reducing the ecological impact of oil palm plantations at both the agroecosystem and the mill supply area levels, by improving agricultural practices and land uses. This is where agroecology can play a very critical role. The present article gathers short stories on agroecological practices currently taking place in oil palm plantations in South-East Asia. Such stories notably highlight the importance of the various palm co-products and how appropriate recycling strategies can allow for reducing external inputs to both the field and the mill. Besides limiting environmental impacts thanks to such savings, several coproducts used as organic amendments can even help to maintain or enhance soil quality. Other stories explored agroecological practices developed for biological controls. Although integrated pest management has been applied in palm plantations for a long time, the underlying mechanisms are still not fully deciphered and practices still need to be improved. More knowledge is needed in order to better account for the holistic role of biodiversity and arbitrate trade-offs between practices and ecosystem services, at both plantation and landscape levels.Keywords: palm oil / agroecology / biological control / recycling / composting / soil quality Résumé -Pratiques agroécologiques en plantations de palmier à huile : exemples de terrain. L'huile de palme est aujourd'hui la première huile végétale consommée au monde. Étant donné la croissance démographique mondiale et la demande accrue en corps gras pour l'alimentation et les biocarburants, l'augmentation de la production d'huile de palme devrait perdurer. Il est ainsi primordial de trouver des moyens de production permettant de réduire l'impact écologique des plantations de palmier à huile, à la fois à l'échelle de l'agroécosystème et celle du bassin d'approvisionnement de l'huilerie, en améliorant les pratiques et la gestion des usages des sols. Les principes de l'agroécologie peuvent aider à développer des solutions à ces diverses échelles. Cet article rassemble diverses histoires courtes illustrant des pratiques agroécologiques mises en place dans des plantations de palmier à huile en Asie du Sud-Est. Ces illustrations mettent en évidence l'importance des nombreux co-produits issus du palmier et leur rôle clé dans les stratégies de recyclage pour réduire le recours aux intrants externes pour la plantation comme pour l'huilerie. Au-delà de la réduction des impacts environnementaux du fait de ces économies d'intrants, certains co-produits restitués en plantation peuvent également permettre de maintenir, voire d'améliorer, la qualité des sols. D'autres histoires courtes parcourent quelques autres pratiques agroécologiques dans le domaine de la lutte intégrée. Bien que de nombreuses pratiques de contrôle bi...
Observations of the vegetative and reproductive biomass produced annually and the mineral element contents have been conducted on diverse oil palm plant materials tested in a genetic test in Indonesia. The results show that the nutrient uptake (for trunk growth, leaf renewal and bunch export) greatly varies (CV = 10% for N uptake and 17% for K uptake) with the origins of the planting materials considered. For equivalent production, the uptake in nutrients of certain plant material may differ very significantly; for the same level of uptake in nutrients, production can vary significantly. This study supports the hypothesis that the optimal nutrient thresholds are intrinsically linked to the plant material. It assumes that some planting materials have different needs and that a fertilizer regime could be adapted to their specific needs without losses in performance. To confirm these assumptions, the need of implementing specific experimental devices with differentiated fertilization regimes is discussed. (Résumé d'auteur
Provision of Compost Bunkers enriched with palm oil mill effluent Aims to determine the treatment of types of compost and the treatment of NPK fertilizer doses on the provision of compost Bunkers are enriched with palm oil mill effluent on the growth of oil palm seedlings The use of compost in the main nursery is one of the most important ingredients applied in growing media. This study was carried out in the Bangun Bandar garden of PT. Socfindo, Serdang Bedagai district, Dolok Masihul sub-district with a altitude of ± 25 m above sea level. This study used a factorial randomized block design with two treatment factors and five replications.
Effects of Composting on Growth and Uptake of Plant Nutrients and Soil Chemical Properties After Composting with Various Comparison of POME aims to find out the provision of compost with various comparisons of POME in improving soil chemical properties and to know the treatment of compost types with various comparisons of POME to Plant NutrientGrowth and Uptake research this will be carried out in the Research will be carried out in the Bangun Bandar PT. Socfindo, Serdang Bedagai district, Dolok Masihul sub-district with a height of ± 25 m above sea level. The research will be carried out in January -August 2018. As for the method used The mixture of soil and compost samples that have been incubated for 1 month is taken from each sample as much as 1 kg and analyzed the nutrients in the laboratory by the wet decstructive method pH H2O 1: 2.5 , N-Total (Kjeldahl destilation), C-Organic (Walky and Black titration), P-Bray II (spectrophometer) and CEC (Ammonium acetate pH 7).
ABSTRAKPabrik kelapa sawit menghasilkan berbagai jenis limbah yang dapat mencemari lingkungan. Pengolahan limbah pabrik kelapa sawit (tandan kosong, sludge, ashes dan limbah cair) menjadi kompos sangat efektif untuk mengurangi pencemaran lingkungan tersebut.PT. Socfindo telah melakukan pengolahan limbah tersebut menjadi kompos dengan metode "Aerated Bunker Composting (ABC) System". Pembuatan kompos dilakukan di pabrik kelapa sawit kebun Bangun Bandar mulai tahun 2012 sampai dengan sekarang.ABC system ini menghasilkan kondisi yang optimum bagi perkembangbiakan mikroorganisme, menghasilkan kompos dalam waktu yang lebih singkat dengan kandungan hara yang lebih baik.Hasil ABC system sampai saat ini dapat mengurangi pembuangan limbah cair lebih dari 50%, substitusi pupuk anorganik lebih dari 40%, sehingga secara tidak langsung mengurangi emisi gas methane. Serta berpotensi untuk mendapatkan kompensasi dari "carbon credit". Kata kunci : Limbah pabrik kelapa sawit, aerasi, kompos.
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