Lethal Wilt Control Costs in Colombian Oil Palm Plantations Located at Bajo Upia Region
The lethal wilt (LW) is the most limiting disease for oil palm crops in the Colombian Eastern Plains. A recent esti- mation on the loss caused by the LW on the Colombian oil palm agroindustry, yielded a value of USD 154 million (Sispa-Cenipalma, 2019). This paper presents the results of a research study undertaken in order to estimate the costs related to the implementation of the LW control principles in five plantations located at the Bajo Upia region (Eastern Plains). It must be highlighted that the LW control principles were developed among oil palm plantation managers and researchers from the Colombian oil palm research center, Cenipalma. From a methodological standpoint, it was structured a questionnaire in order to gather data on activities required to perform the control strategy, along the lines of the LW control principles. Specifically, these activities are: scouting for LW cases, elimination of diseased palms with LW and application of pesticides. The data asked at each of these activities correspond to labor required, labor yield, wages, inputs, tools and machinery. Results indicate that activities that have the greater share on the total costs are: scouting for LW cases which ranges from $40.000/ha to $120.000/ha per year, depending mostly upon frequency and; application of pesticides which ranges from $23.000/ha y $90.000/ha per year, depend- ing mostly upon frequency, as well. Regarding the annual total cost per hectare results indicate that it oscillates between $40.000 y $220.000, and plantations reporting higher LW incidence.
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| Format: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article biblioteca |
| Language: | spa |
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Fedepalma
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| Subjects: | Letal wilt control basic principle, E. guineensis, disease control, costs assessment, principios básicos de manejo de ML, control de enfermedades, evaluación de costos, |
| Online Access: | https://publicaciones.fedepalma.org/index.php/palmas/article/view/13230 |
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