Malaysia bets on barn owls to control rats in palm plantations
Rats thrive in palm plantations and can reduce oil yields by 5 per cent to 10 per cent by feeding on the palm fruit. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Rats thrive in palm plantations and can reduce oil yields by 5 per cent to 10 per cent by feeding on the palm fruit, according to industry estimates, a headache for the world’s second biggest producer and exporter of palm oil after Indonesia. The company has also looked at using leopard cats to catch the rats. Research published last year said that rat-eating macaques could also come to the aid of palm oil firms.
The MPOB’s Director-General Ahmad Parveez said: “Monkeys have been found and reported to cause damage to young oil palm inflorescence, spear leaves and also pollination bags .”
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