[Effect of rat damage on lowering oil yields [Malaysia]]
1995
Wan Ibrahim Ali
Without control, rats can consume about 700 kg of oil palm mesocarp per ha per year. Mesocarp has 50 per cent oil content. For a 2000 ha planting, there would be a loss of 700 tonnes of oil, and at an oil price of RM1300 per tonne, this loss would be more than RM900,000 per year. For one settler with 4 ha the loss would be about 1 tonne, or a value of RM 1900 per year. This loss can be easily reduced by control using rat bait at a cost of about RM 20 per ha.
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