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“We want to expand the plantation that can produce sustainably in a well-conditioned soil environment by using CHITOSE’s original technology which converts waste to raw materials.”
Southeast Asian palm plantations hold 85% share of the world’s palm oil market. However, the reality is harsh: in pursuit of short-term yields, heavy strain is placed on the soil, disrupting the microbial balance and resulting in various diseases caused by pathogens as well as continuous cropping issues. Thus, we established a way to produce microbial materials that suppress the target pathogenic bacteria by using our original composting technology that recycles agricultural organic wastes, which is traditionally discarded.
By aiming to create a new plantation system that cultivates crops while enriching the bacterial flora of the soil, we are expanding the creation of sustainable economic value.
We are exploring ways to integrate this approach into large-scale plantation processes.
Malaysia, Vietnam, Japan, India, Indonesia, China
Sime Darby Plantation, etc.
Chitose Laboratory Corp. Tech & Biz Development Div. General Manager Soil environmental conservation (improvement) in Southeast Asia is essential for ensuring water and food in the world, and the method needs to be customized according to the conditions of the target land. Among soil improvement, maintaining the microbiota in an appropriate range is a very complicated and meticulous work, but I believe that it can be completed by properly fermenting the organic waste and putting it into the soil.
