Monitoring oil palm health in Taiping, Perak / Nurul Nabila Norzainy

The oil palm is monoecious because they have both female and male flowers on the same tree. Pisifera, which has no shell, and Tenera, which has a thinner shell. Pisifera is ideal for planting, but it is mostly female sterile and produces very few bunches. Malaysia is humid throughout the year which is ideal to cultivate oil palm. The oil palm is the most efficient oil-bearing crop in the world, requiring only 0.26 hectares of land to produce one tonne of oil. Oil palm cultivation is a significant economic activity around the world. It is critical to understand the geographical distribution (land cover) of oil palms. Malaysia is the world's largest producer of palm oil, accounting for approximately 11.80 million tonnes, or 50.9 percent of total production. The image of oil palm has been adversely affected by detrimental environmental consequences of its cultivation, especially with respect to deforestation and haze creation. Therefore, making the wellness of the oil palm tree important for the growth of economy Malaysia.