Multicriteria Assesment of Palm Oil Land Suitability Index in Southeast Asia Alief Wiraguna Aseran (a), Raka Putra Pratama (a), Anjar Dimara Sakti (a), Agung Budi Harto (a)
a) Geodetic and Geomatics Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology
Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
Abstract
Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) has become the most important oil crop throughout the world. The growing palm oil production was mainly based on the expansion of cultivated area into forest areas, causing serious environmental. Increasing yields on existing plantations is a potential pathway to reduce the undesired ecological impacts of oil palm agriculture, It is estimated that global demand will continue to grow over time. With so many palm oil sectors, Southeast Asia is one of the most important factors in the world^s palm oil economy. Palm oil is known as the most efficient oil-producing crop globally. At the age of 25 years and over, old trees are cut down to start the cycle of replanting oil palm to maintain plantation productivity and economic viability. The distribution of land suitable for oil palm plantations is dominated by the upper middle class with a range of values of 24-28, where oil palm plantations that have the highest suitability value are in the Sandakan region of Malaysia, with a range of values of 28-37. while the lowest is located in the southern part of North Sumatra which is dominated by a value <24. based on the result the area of each class of suitability of oil palm land is the Lowest 2%, Low 10%, Mid 38%, High 33%, and Highest 17% of the entire study area.
