PALMSIM : Simulating growth and yield of oil palm.

General
Name
PALMSIM
Program type
Model to simulate oil palm growth
Available since
Description

The PALMSIM model simulates potential oil palm growth (differentiated to roots, trunk, fronds, and bunch) for 30 years on a monthly time step as determined by solar radiation. PALMSIM was evaluated against measured yields under optimum water and nutrient management across Indonesia and Malaysia to test its usefulness as a land-use planning tool.

Keywords: PALMSIM, oil palm intensification, yield benchmarking. 

Article

Monzon, J.P., Slingerland, M.A., Rahutomo, S. et al. Fostering a climate-smart intensification for oil palm. Nat Sustain (2021).