Cattle-grazing in oil palm plantations sustainably controls understory vegetation

Tohiran, Kamil Azmi; Nobilly, Frisco; Zulkifli, Raja; Ashton‐Butt, Adham; Azhar, Badrul

doi:10.1016/j.agee.2019.03.021

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“…For smallholders, FELDA settlers are the highest among them. These farm types are consistent with the farm type mentioned as mentioned by Ismail, (2016) andTohiran et al, (2019).The result gained from the interview were consistent with previous literature (PEMANDU, 2012;Sharif & Mohamed, 2005) however, the expert gave extra elaborations upon the data gathered from the interview. As mentioned by the expert, two government agencies provide a platform for ICOFS adopters to seek assistance which is MPOB and DVS.…”

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“…Ultimately, these restricted grazing areas will become inadequate to accommodate the growing number of livestock. One of the solutions to the land issue is to fully utilize the available land resources through the implementation of the integrated farming system (Ismail & Abdul Wahab, 2014;Ib, 1999;Tohiran et al, 2019) However, most of the farmers in Malaysia are very comfortable with the traditional farming method. Thus, traditional farming needs to transform into integrated livestock farming with permanent crops such as oil palm and rubber trees.…”

Section: Ruminant Productionmentioning

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“…ICOFS is one of the strategies that is seen promising to boost up the local beef production and to increase the selfsufficiency level of the Malaysian local beef (Gabdo & Abdlatif, 2013). This farming system is a method of farming in which the grazing animals are reared simultaneously on land used for crop production (Awalludin et al, 2015;Ismail & Abdul Wahab, 2014;Tohiran et al, 2019). This concept is developed to reduce dependency on pasture land.…”

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The Practices and Factors Affecting the Implementation of Integrated Cattle and Oil Palm Farming System in Malaysia

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Nasir

2020

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Purpose of the study: The Malaysian government had encouraged the adoption of integrated cattle and oil palm farming systems (ICOFS) since the year 1998. This is due to large areas of land suitable for ICOFS in Malaysia that can be well utilized. The efforts made in increasing the demand for meat nationwide and growing dependency on imported meat are among the reasons that ICOFS has become significant to be implemented today. Apart from that, Malaysia needs to increase the self-sufficiency level of national meat production to 32.7% by 2020 as stated in the National Agri-Food Policy 2011-2020. Despite this, only a small number of farmers have adopted ICOFS in Malaysia and less is known so far about the farmer's attitudes towards the ICOFS in Malaysia. Methodology: Therefore, this study aimed to explore the current practice as well as factors affecting and constraints to the adoption of ICOFS in Malaysia. Interviews of four selected experts in ICOFS were held to examine the current practice of ICOFS in Malaysia. Main Findings: Results from the interviews and literature review have been cross-compared to develop questionnaire instruments. Then, the survey questionnaire was carried out to 153 adopters and non-adopters of ICOFS in Johor, Malaysia to identify the key factors that influence the adoption of ICOFS. Applications of this study: The study found that information and know-how and availability of skilled labor are the significant factors that encourage farmers to adopt ICOFS. On the other hand, government support and policy constraint and production and on-farm constraint are the significant constraints hindering the adoption of ICOFS. Novelty/Originality of this study: Based on the findings of this study, one of the measures to increase the rate of adoption of ICOFS is by helping the farmers to hire extra labor and to have skills needed. Furthermore, the rate of ICOFS could also be increased by helping the farmers to have better control over weed, pests, and diseases on the farm as well as not interrupting their oil palm production. In addition, it is suggested to provide them with more opportunities for incentives, training, and technical support from the field officers. It is suggested for future research to explore the effect of factors affecting adoption and constraints to adoption on other attitudinal and psychological outcomes such as satisfaction, success, involvement, and degree of use.

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The Practices and Factors Affecting the Implementation of Integrated Cattle and Oil Palm Farming System in Malaysia

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2020

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“…obs.). There is increasing interest also in mixed cropping with oil palm both during initial establishment (Nchanji et al, 2016;Gawankar et al, 2018) and otherwise Khasanah et al (unpublished data) and also in integration with livestock (Devendra, 2004;Tohiran et al, 2019). Costs and benefits will obviously vary across these cases.…”

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The Moral Minefield of Ethical Oil Palm and Sustainable Development

Meijaard

Sheil

2019

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“…Another strategy is to create a more favorable habitat within the plantations themselves, by reducing hunting pressure, reducing traffic-related deaths (Maddox et al, 2007;Azhar et al, 2013), and increasing habitat complexity (Pardo et al, 2018). The latter can be achieved by growing palms in polyculture (with either livestock or other plant crops) (Koh et al, 2009;Azhar et al, 2014b;Tohiran et al, 2019), or allowing understory vegetation to develop, through reduced application of herbicide (Ashton-Butt et al, 2018;Spear et al, 2018;Luke et al, 2019).…”

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Understory Vegetation in Oil Palm Plantations Promotes Leopard Cat Activity, but Does Not Affect Rats or Rat Damage

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The expansion of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantations is a primary cause of land-use change and biodiversity loss in Southeast Asia. This has led to an increasing demand for the development of more sustainable agricultural management practices in plantations, such as Integrated Pest Management. Although populations of carnivorous mammals show declines when forest is converted to oil palm, some species, such as Leopard Cats (Prionailurus bengalensis) have been found to persist. They are often encouraged by plantation managers for their conservation value, and as agents of pest control to manage rat populations. Despite this, little is known about whether they reduce pest rat numbers, or whether plantation management affects how they use the oil palm habitat. This study was based at the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Tropical Agriculture (BEFTA) Programme in mature oil palm plantations in Riau, Sumatra, where there are three management strategies altering understory vegetation structure. We quantified Leopard Cat activity, invasive rat abundance and rat damage using camera traps, live traps, and visual estimates, respectively. We collected data over a 4-year period, before and after the management strategies were applied. We recorded three species of wild mammals (Leopard Cats, Common Palm Civets, and Wild Pig) within the plantations, of which Leopard Cats made up 82% of the total number of observations. We found that Leopard Cat habitat use was higher with increased understory vegetation, but that there was no effect of the vegetation treatments on rat abundance or rat damage. There was also a trend for reduced rat abundance with increased Leopard Cat activity. These results show that management practices can significantly affect Leopard Cat habitat use, with potential benefits for pest control. They also highlight the value of large-scale long-term manipulative experiments for developing more sustainable management practices in oil palm.

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Cattle-grazing in oil palm plantations sustainably controls understory vegetation

Cited by 37 publications

References 32 publications

The Practices and Factors Affecting the Implementation of Integrated Cattle and Oil Palm Farming System in Malaysia

The Practices and Factors Affecting the Implementation of Integrated Cattle and Oil Palm Farming System in Malaysia

The Moral Minefield of Ethical Oil Palm and Sustainable Development

Understory Vegetation in Oil Palm Plantations Promotes Leopard Cat Activity, but Does Not Affect Rats or Rat Damage

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