Physical and chemical properties for oil palm cultivation based on smallholder landin four different type of soils

Oil palm is an important commodity (industrial crop) in Malaysia because it contributes high revenue to Malaysia economy. In 2012, small holder participation were about 15.1% (767,688 ha) from 5.07 million hectare total area planted with oil palm. The suitability of land for oil palm cultivation consists of topography, drainage, physical and chemical properties. These characteristics influence the palm oil yield. Thus, study on land suitability and fertility for oil palm plantations in smallholder is important. Difficulties of smallholder to get the information about the classification and guidance in oil palm plantation ofteninflunce smallholder capability to survive and grow in oil palm industry. Thus, the objectives of this study is: i) to determine the physical and chemical properties of oil palm land of smallholder and, ii) to identify productivity level between different soils (alluvium, mineral, BRIS and acid sulphate soil) in term of economics impact relation with oil palm and land suitability. In this study, soil samples were collected from four locations. Each of the smallholders have land size of (