MRICOP has 4 oil palm Estates (A, B, C, D) spanning across Cherng Kor and Prey Nop with a land bank totaling 20,580.19 hectares, of which 16,535.54 hectares have been planted with oil palm. Approximately 89% of the oil palm plantation is mature. Remaining available RSPO certified land area to be planted is 4,044.65 hectares and allocated land area for conservation is 3,199.36 hectares.
Estate A and Estate B are owned by MRICOP whilst Estate C is managed by MRICOP but owned by MRT-TCC Sugar Investment Co., Ltd (MTSI). MTSI’s shareholders are the Thai Charoen Corporation Group (TCC) Group and Mong Reththy Group (MRT) on a 75% and 25% ownership basis. Both MRICOP and MTSI are under the joint ownership of MRT Group and TCC Group.
FFB supply from Estate A and Estate B (under MRICOP) had commenced since year 2000, whilst supply from Estate C had commenced since year 2011. Estate A and Estate B have been planted since 1997, Estate C since 2008 and Estate D since 2010 respectively. Each estate has housing for worker, nursery office, canteen, chemical store, fertilizer store, diesel store etc available in very organized way.
Estate A (Tapoa) is located along National Road 4, Sangkat Cheung Kor, Khan Prey Nop, Preah Sihanouk Province, Kingdom of Cambodia. Google map (Latitude10° 48′ 59.7″ N, Longitude103° 47′ 46.9″ E). 4,074.68 hectares have been planted in certified land of 4,956.70 hectares.
Estate B (Svay) is located along National Road 4, Sangkat Cheung Kor, Khan Prey Nop, Preah Sihanouk Province, Kingdom of Cambodia. Google map (Latitude10° 52′ 08.2″ N, Longitude103° 51′ 19.2″ E) 4,333.70 hectares have been planted in certified land of 5,153.41 hectares.
Estate C (Anlong Kropeu) is located along National Road 4, Sangkat Cheung Kor, Khan Prey Nop, Preah Sihanouk Province, Kingdom of Cambodia. Google map (Latitude10° 57′ 58.7″N, Longitude103° 54′ 02.0″ E) 4,252.36 hectares have been planted in certified land of 5,339.70 hectares.
Estate D (Kirivon) is located along National Road 4, Kirivon, Stoeng Chhay, Prey Nop, Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia. Google map (Latitude10° 57′ 58.4″ N, Longitude103° 54′ 01.9″ E) 3,876.43 hectares have been planted in certified land of 5,130.39 hectares.
Oil palm, as tropical plant species, needs high rainfall, adequate solar radiation and high humidity to maximize photosynthetic capacity, and grows best and produces most fruit in areas with maximum temperature of 30-32°C and minimum of 21-24°C.
To allow the individual palm crowns to grow without overlapping each other and thus maximizing light and photosynthesis, palms are normally planted with some distance apart.
At around three years after planting, the oil palm tree begins to bear fruit. Peak production is about 10 years after planting. The life cycle of an oil palm is about 25 years, after which the tree becomes too tall, manual harvesting more difficult, and yields decrease.
Raw products from the oil palm tree are Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) that typically harvested every 10-14 days from a mature oil palm plantation
Yields of oil palm plantations are reliant on a range of factors related to the climate, quality of seedlings, soil fertility and agricultural practices (e.g., use of inputs, frequency and timing of harvesting fresh fruit bunches).
Sustainable Palm Oil 