Oil palm planting in marginal soils: selected cases

Marginal soils were usually discounted in the past for planting of oil palm. Currently, the en-croachment into these areas is phenomenal as there is no more prime land for oil palm planting in the country. Innovations to counter such limitations have been successful for the cultiva-tion of oil palm but the cost can be high. […]

Biochar as Soil’s Best Friend – A Review

In order to deal with environmental sustainability issues such as global climate change, food and energy crisis as well as environmental pollution, biochar had been widely used as a tool to combat these problems. It might act as soil carbon sink to restore soil organic carbon (SOC) larger than its inherent capacity, thus reducing the […]