Besut MP Dato’ Seri Idris Jusoh asked the Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities to state the effort taken by the Ministry in increasing palm oil and rubber yields through Smart Agriculture method especially involving the use of satellite navigation system and smart irrigation system.
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According to Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities II Datuk Willie Mongin, the navigation system incorporates remote sensing, satellite navigation, and Geographic Information System (GIS) to produce Oil Palm Resource Information System (OPRIS), a system to improve farm management and increase oil palm yields.
Furthermore, the smart irrigation system includes water measurement at various levels and ecosystems for better understanding, and correlate water cycle of the palm ecosystem to the environment and climate change for better palm oil production management.
Moreover, remote sensing technology is used to monitor the condition of rubber trees in the plantation and generate data to develop and increase the rubber sector’s yield.
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