Study of porang (Amorphophallus muelleri blume) as intercrops in oil palm immature plants

Abstract

The porang plant is one of the products being considered as an intercrop in the oil palm plantation. Specifically on smallholder oil palm plantations, the study’s objective was to investigate the ecological and financial aspects of porang growing as an intercrop in an oil palm intercropping system. This study was put together using approaches from farming analysis and descriptive analysis of literature studies. The study’s findings indicate that a number of characteristics, including the amount of solar radiation received, the acidity of the soil, and the soil’s moisture (during wet and dry seasons), must be taken into account for porang to produce at its highest level as an intercrop. In the meantime, the outcomes of the farming analysis demonstrate that it is possible to grow porang plants as intercrops during the Immature plant period.