IOI's superior performance in terms of oil yield and production cost per hectare compared to the industry's average is partly attributable to its advances in agronomy sciences. (Click here for comparison of Oil Yields). In today's world of stretched natural resources, we firmly advocate development of agri-science and technology to improve crop and oil yields to meet increasing global demands.

Our agronomy developments - spearheaded by its two centers of excellence: i) IOI Research Centre and ii) Tissue Culture Center - centers on developing agronomy best practices and the introduction of a high yielding planting materials.

IOI Deli x AVROS Hybrid Oil Palm Planting Material

The "IOI Deli x AVROS Hybrid" oil palm planting material is the product of IOI's oil palm breeding and selection programme. Breeding is geared towards developing oil palm planting material with high oil yield through high fresh fruit bunch (FFB) yield and high oil to bunch ratio. A wide array of oil palm germplasms has been assembled to ensure the continued improvement of the oil palm planting material in the future. The breed has been proven in progeny trials, comparative trials and commercial plantations. This special seed is available for commercial sale. (Click here for more details).

Oil Palm Clones

IOI also conducts micro-propagation from its state-of-the-art tissue culture facility. Micro-propagation is a technique to propagate plants (bypassing seeds) that are clones of its most elite palms with all the desired traits. This bio-technique enables mass production of superior palm saplings with the advantage of faster time to maturity - and has served our internal replanting programs well. (Note: No genetic modification is done)

Nurseries

Seedlings and saplings derived from elite planting materials are painstakingly natured for about a year in our 18 nurseries strategically located throughout the country before transplanting to our more than 80 estates to meet their annual replanting programs.

Continuous R&D

Beside R&D work on planting materials and propagation, R&D work in plantation management (involving soil, irrigation, organic fertilization, etc) and mill engineering (i.e. effluent management, process innovation, renewable energy, etc) bias towards agro-ecology are also continuously being carried out.

Precision Agriculture

IOI also adopts precision agriculture technologies with the use of Global Positioning Satellites (GPS) images/mapping and GIS analytical tools to optimize efficiencies and timeliness in wide ranging estate management applications involving replanting, fertilization, harvesting, and other condition variations management.

Technical Services

IOI has established Agronomic Advisory Services and Analytical Laboratory Services to provide technical support for internal plantation needs as well as to external parties in the following areas: Soil & foliar samplings and nutrient analyses Agronomic and Fertilizer recommendations for high crop productivity Foliar, Soil and Fertilizer analysis Quality and effluent testing for the palm oil mills

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