Palm Oil Seedlings Producers Certified with Oil Palm Nursery Certificate of Competency (OPNCC)

To ensure the quality of oil palm seeds, companies dealing with seed cultivation have to get the certification of  Oil Palm Nursery Competency Certificate (OPNCC) from the Malaysia Palm Oil Board. 

Currently there are only 71 companies, mostly operation in Peninsular Malaysia have been certified with OPNCC. The companies are:

1      AA Nursery Sdn. Bhd  - Sarikei, Sarawak.

2      Arena Nilai Sdn. Bhd. - Sandakan, Sabah.

3      Asiatic Plantation (WM) Sdn. Bhd. - Batu Pahat, Johor.

4      Bintulu Lumber Development Sdn. Bhd - Miri, Sarawak.

5      Borneo Samudera Sdn. Bhd. - Kota Marudu, Sabah.

6      Dara Lam Soon Sdn. Bhd. - Muadzam Shah, Pahang.

7      EPA Management Sdn. Bhd. - Kota Tinggi, Johor    
8      Estet Koperasi Ladang Sungai Ambat - Mersing, Johor.
9      Felcra Agro Industri Sdn. Bhd. - Temerloh, Pahang.
10     Felcra Agro Industries Sdn. Bhd. - Kemaman, Terengganu    
11     Felcra Agro Industries Sdn. Bhd. - Kg. Gajah, Perak.    
12     Felcra Agro Industry  Sdn. Bhd     - Kluang, Johor.
13     FELDA Agricultural Services Sdn. Bhd - Jerantut, Pahang.
14     FELDA Agricultural Services Sdn. Bhd - Kulai, Johor.
15     FELDA Agricultural Services Sdn. Bhd - Lahad Datu, Sabah.
16     Felda Teknoplant SDN BHD, - Bentong, Pahang
17     Felda Technoplant Sdn. Bhd - Muadzam Shah, Pahang.
18     Felda Technoplant Sdn. Bhd - Muadzam Shah, Pahang.    
19     Felda Technoplant Sdn. Bhd. - Kota Tinggi, Johor.
20     Felda Technoplant Sdn. Bhd. - Mersing, Johor.
21     Felda Technoplant Sdn. Bhd. - Mersing, Johor.    
22     Felda Technoplant Sdn. Bhd. - Dungun, Terengganu.    
23     Highlands & Lowlands Bhd - Kuala Selangor, Selangor.
24     IOI Corporation Berhad - Batang Melaka, Negeri Sembilan.
25     IOI Corporation Berhad - Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan.
26     Juara Beetuah Sdn. Bhd - Lundu, Sarawak.
27     Kalumpang Development Corp. Sdn. Bhd - Batu Kurau, Perak
28     Kesedar Perkilangan Sdn. Bhd. - Gua Musang, Kelantan.
29     Koperasi Pegawai Hutan Melayu Negeri Perak Berhad - Parit, Perak
30     Koperasi Pekebun Kecil Daerah Batu Pahat Bhd - Batu Pahat, Johor    
31     Koperasi Permodalan Melayu Negeri Johor Berhad - Mukim Kahang, Johor.    
32     Ladang Melintang Maju Sdn. Bhd -  Teluk Intan, Perak.    
33     Ladang MOCCIS Sdn. Bhd     - Hilir Perak    
34     Ladang Rakyat Lubok Bongor Sdn. Bhd. - Jeli, Kelantan.    
35     Lembaga Penyatuan & Pemulihan Tanah Sarawak (SALCRA) - Sri Aman, Sarawak.    
36     Luanti Nurseri Sdn. Bhd.- Ranau, Sabah.    
37     Masamenang Sdn. Bhd - Sandakan Sabah    
38     MHC Plantation Berhad - Hilir Perak, Perak    
39     MS Bersatu Sdn. Bhd.- Sibu, Sarawak.    
40     Nadi Rumpun Sdn. Bhd - Taiping, Perak    
41     Pamol Plantations Sdn. Bhd - Mukim Nyior, Johor    
42     Pertubuhan Peladang Negeri Johor - Segamat, Johor    
43     Risda Semaian & Lanskap Sdn. Bhd. - Segamat, Johor    
44     Risda Semaian Dan Landskap Sdn. Bhd. - Pendang, Kedah.
45     Risda Semaian Dan Landskap Sdn. Bhd. - Sungkai, Perak    
46     Risda Semaian Dan Lanskap Sdn. Bhd - Dungun, Terengganu    
47     Risda Semaian dan Lanskap Sdn. Bhd - Temerloh Pahang    
48     Risda Semaian Dan Lanskap Sdn. Bhd - Manjung, Perak.    
49     Risda Semaian Dan Lanskap Sdn. Bhd - Ketereh, Kelantan.    
50     Risda Semaian Dan Lanskap Sdn. Bhd - Jasin, Melaka.    
51     Sawira Sdn. Bhd - Muadzam Shah, Pahang.    
52     Sawit Maju Enterprise - Pekan, Pahang.    
53     Semaian Lima Gasing Sdn. Bhd - Muar, Johor    
54     Sime Darby Plantation Sdn. Bhd - Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan    
55     Sime Darby Plantation Sdn. Bhd. - Layang-layang, Johor    
56     Sime Darby Plantation Sdn. Bhd. - Layang-Layang Johor    
57     Sime Darby Plantation Sdn. Bhd. - Kluang Johor    
58     Sime Darby Plantation Sdn. Bhd. - Siliau Negeri Sembilan    
59     Sime Darby Plantation Sdn. Bhd. - Labu, Negeri Sembilan    
60     Sime Darby Plantation Sdn. Bhd. - Pasir Panjang, Negeri Sembilan.    
61     Sime Darby Plantation Sdn. Bhd. Bhd.- Rengam, Johor.    
62     Southern Realty (M) Sdn. Bhd - Jeram, Selangor    
63     Syarikat Cocoa Leasing - Sandakan, Sabah.    
64     Sykt Ldg Sg. Terah Sdn. Bhd - Gua Musang, Kelantan.    
65     T.K Tani Enterprise - Muar, Johor    
66     Tapak Semaian Hijaumas S/B - Kunak, Sabah    
67     TH Plantation Bhd - Muadzam Shah, Pahang.    
68     United Plantation Bhd - Teluk Intan Perak    
69     Waka (Sabah) Sdn. Bhd - Lahad Datu, Sabah    
70     YP. Plantation Holding Sdn. Bhd - Rompin, Pahang    
71     Ziran Trading Sdn. Bhd     - Tapah, Perak

Palm oil areas could help beef up meat supply

The 2009 World Forecasts of Fresh or Chilled Beef Export Supplies

04/08/2010 (The Jakarta Post) - Agriculture Minister Suswono has urged the Riau provincial administration to set aside at least 1 million hectares of oil palm plantation to support an integrated cattle breeding and oil palm (SISKA) program. 

"Riau actually has great potential to support the SISKA program, given that it has more than 2 million hectares of oil palm plantation area that has not been fully exploited to provide added value to farmers," Suswono said at the Agriculture and Livestock Integration Toward Food Reliance national seminar at the Sultan Syarif Kasim State Islamic University in Pekanbaru, Riau, on Monday. 

He said the vast oil palm plantation area was a viable location to breed cattle and said cattle breeding in an oil palm plantation could be a mean to raise farmers' income as they could profit from selling beef as well as biogas and fertilizer from cattle waste products and cut down on oil palm fertilizer costs. 

The SISKA program is also expected to help the government meet its national meat self-sufficiency target by 2014. 

Suswono estimated that the 1 million hectares of oil palm could be used to supply fodder for two million heads of cattle each year. 

"Apart from selling the cows, the farmers could also take advantage of the animals as a mode of transportation to carry their harvests," he said. 

Suswono added that if the program proved successful, it would be possible for Riau to eventually be able to supply the national meat demand, or even export beef to countries in the region. 

"Riau's bovine population would almost equal its human population. It is impossible for Riau residents to consume all that meat in a year, meaning there is an opportunity for Riau to market its beef," he said. 

"The provincial administration should take the lead in working with oil palm producers and plantation companies, both state and private. For optimal results, the SISKA program could be merged with the Food and Energy Reliance National Program that has been running for a while now," he added. 

 

Riau Livestock Agency head Askardiya Ribudana Patrianov said the provincial administration was currently studying the SISKA program at the PT Inti Indosawit Subur oil palm plantation, a subsidiary of PT Asian Agri Group, in Indragiri Hulu regency.