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Abstract
Implementation of mechanisation has been the prime need for the Malaysian palm oil industry in order to reduce its foreign labour dependency. Mechanisation Index (MI) was used in this study to quantify the current mechanisation status in both oil palm seedling production and oil palm field cultivation. It was computed according to the expression of the ratio of machine energy to the total human and machine energy utilised in conducting the involved operations. The obtained average overall MI based on the 10 common clusters of operations in the oil palm FFB production was 0.43. The average overall MI for nursery operation was slightly lower than that of field cultivation operation ( i
实施机械化是马来西亚棕榈油行业减少对外劳务依赖的首要需求。本研究采用机械化指数(MI)来量化当前油棕苗生产和油棕田种植的机械化状况。机械化指数是根据机器能耗与相关作业中使用的人力和机器总能耗之比计算得出的。根据油棕果肉生产中的 10 个常见作业集群计算得出的平均总体 MI 值为 0.43。育苗作业的平均总体 MI 略低于大田栽培作业(i)。
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JOURNAL OF OIL PALM RESEARCH, an international refereed journal, carries full-length original research papers and scientific review papers on various aspects of oil palm and palm oil and other palms. It also publishes short communications, letters to editor and reviews of relevant books. JOURNAL OF OIL PALM RESEARCH is published four times per year, i.e. March, June, September and December.