| dc.contributor.author | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-16T09:15:36Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2014-10-16T09:15:36Z | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/48673 | en_US |
| dc.title | Virtual palms give real results | en_US |
| cg.subject.cta | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT | en_US |
| dcterms.abstract | Palm oil production should benefit from a new computer simulation program developed by scientists at the French agricultural development agency, CIRAD (Centre de cooperation internationale en recherche agronomique pour le Développement). The... | en_US |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | en_US |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | CTA. 1997. Virtual palms give real results. Spore 68. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. | en_US |
| dcterms.description | Palm oil production should benefit from a new computer simulation program developed by scientists at the French agricultural development agency, CIRAD (Centre de cooperation internationale en recherche agronomique pour le Développement). The program allows researchers to grow 'virtual' crops of oil palm under different regimes of climate and management and to assess the consequences of planting at different spacings, the application of fertilizer and pesticides and the effects of changing rainfall on palm growth and oil yield.
The program has been written by Frederic Blaise and his team at CIRAD and is based on 12 years of measurements of real palms growing in the field and several refinements to the initial program. Now, in just a few hours following 'planting' the growth of the cyber palms is complete and the results of various climatic and management factors can be seen.
The program should contribute to the improvement of palm oil production in West Africa and benefit those farmers and national economies dependent on oil palm. (See also BEAM p9 Spore 64).
Frederic Blaise
CIRAD
BP 5035
34032
Montpellier Cedex 1
FRANCE | en_US |
| dcterms.isPartOf | Spore | en_US |
| dcterms.issued | 1997 | en_US |
| dcterms.language | en | en_US |
| dcterms.publisher | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | en_US |
| dcterms.type | News Item | en_US |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | en_US |
| cg.identifier.url | http://collections.infocollections.org/ukedu/en/d/Jcta68e/ | en_US |
| cg.place | Wageningen, The Netherlands | en_US |
| cg.howPublished | Formally Published | en_US |
| cg.journal | Spore | en_US |
| cg.issn | 1011-0054 | en_US |
| cg.number | 68 | en_US |
