Yield Gap Analysis in Oil Palm Production Systems in Ghana

Submitted by marcel.lubbers on
    General
    Keywords
    Yield Gap, Oil Palm, Ghana
    Author
    Rhebergen, Tiemen
    Promotor
    Prof. Dr K.E. Giller
    Co-promotors
    Dr S. Zingore, Dr A. Whitbread
    Date
    Country
    Ghana
    Abstract

    Palm oil is the world’s most important edible oil crop, and in the Ghanaian economy, oil palm (Eleais guineensis) is the next most important perennial crop after cocoa. Since the early 2000s, the area under oil palm in Ghana expanded but average fruit bunch (FB) yields remained low at ~7 t ha-1 yr-1 in 2014, resulting in large yield gaps..

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