Considerations on the eradication of palm oil in Colombia
Publicación:
Revista Palmas; Vol. 30 Núm. 2 (2009); 25-33
0121-2923
Revista Palmas; Vol. 30 Núm. 2 (2009); 25-33
0121-2923
Abstract
To eradicate oil palms can be a decision made by sanitary reasons (a pest that attacks the crop) or because of the height of the crop that impedes the harvesters from doing their job properly or the existence of high yielding new materials. In any case, the impact on the company´s cash flow is quite important. This article presents various methods of replanting that have been used around the oil palm world, considering their advantages and their disadvantages. It concludes that the methods on which the trunks and leaves from old palms are incorporated to soils are cost effective. Besides this, they permit to improve the plantation´s design and to correct undesired physical and chemical characteristics of the soils such as ground compaction or acidity. Erradicar palmas de aceite puede ser una decisión que se tome por razones sanitarias (una plaga que las afecte) o porque la altura alcanzada por la oleaginosa a cierta edad impide a los cosecheros hacer bien su labor, o porque ya existen materiales nuevos con mayores rendimientos. En cualquier caso, el impacto sobre el flujo de caja de la compañía es bastante importante. Este artículo presenta varios métodos de erradicación y resiembra de palmas que han sido utilizados en el mundo palmero considerando sus ventajas y desventajas. Concluye que los métodos en los cuales los troncos y las hojas del cultivo antiguo se incorporan a los suelos son económicamente viables, y permiten mejorar problemas de diseño de la plantación anterior y características físicas y químicas indeseables de los suelos, como la compactación y la acidez.
To eradicate oil palms can be a decision made by sanitary reasons (a pest that attacks the crop) or because of the height of the crop that impedes the harvesters from doing their job properly or the existence of high yielding new materials. In any case, the impact on the company´s cash flow is quite important. This article presents various methods of replanting that have been used around the oil palm world, considering their advantages and their disadvantages. It concludes that the methods on which the trunks and leaves from old palms are incorporated to soils are cost effective. Besides this, they permit to improve the plantation´s design and to correct undesired physical and chemical characteristics of the soils such as ground compaction or acidity.
Palabras clave:
palma de aceite
elaeis guineensis
erradicación
costos de producción
Colombia
palma de aceite
elaeis guineensis
erradicación
costos de producción
Colombia