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. 2016 Jun 21;7:771. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00771

Table 4.

Parameters for Economic Impact Model.

Definition Value
Contamination rates:
Initial fraction of Tenera 89.10%
Initial fraction of Dura 8.10%
Initial fraction of Pisifera 2.80%
Final fraction of Tenera 100.00%
Final fraction of Dura 0.00%
Final fraction of Pisifera 0.00%
Plantation:
Number of trees per hectare 143
Total planted area (in HA) 5,392,235
Fraction cultivated by Ind. smallholders 15.00%
Total planted area of Ind. smallholders (in HA) 808,835
Age structure and productivity:
Initial fraction of immature palms (age < 4) 13.00%
Initial fraction of young palms (age 5–8) 17.00%
Initial fraction of prime palms (age 9–18) 35.00%
Initial fraction of aging palms (age 19–24) 20.00%
Initial fraction of old palms (age 25–30) 15.00%
Productivity – young palms (MT FFB/HA/YR)(D&T) 15
Productivity – prime palms (MT FFB/HA/YR)(D&T) 23
Productivity – aging palms (MT FFB/HA/YR)(D&T) 17
Productivity – old palms (MT FFB/HA/YR)(D&T) 15

Definition Parameter Value

Milling:
CPO mill extraction efficiency ECPO 86.00%
PKO mill extraction efficiency EPKO 97.00%
Valuation:
Initial CPO price (in RM) PCPO 2,869
Initial PKO price (in RM) PPKO 3,781
Initial PKC price (in RM) PPKC 370
CPO price inflation rate RI 4.79%
Bond rate for Malaysia RB 3.55%
MY corporate income tax rate Tax 25.00%
MY econ multiplier (oil palm primary products) M 1.511
Fruit composition (mass ratios):
Tenera: fruit to bunch (Average) PF/FFB(T)(Average) 0.649
Tenera: fruit to bunch (SD) PF/FFB(T)(SD) 0.041
Dura: fruit to bunch (Average) PF/FFB(D)(Average) 0.612
Dura: fruit to bunch (SD) PF/FFB(D)(SD) 0.038
Tenera: mesocarp to fruit (Average) Msc/PF(T)(Average) 0.865
Tenera: mesocarp to fruit (SD) Msc/PF(T)(SD) 0.027
Dura: mesocarp to fruit (Average) Msc/PF(D)(Average) 0.612
Dura: mesocarp to fruit (SD) Msc/PF(D)(SD) 0.026
Tenera: shell to fruit (Average) PKS/PF(T)(Average) 0.07
Tenera: shell to fruit (SD) PKS/PF(T)(SD) 0.008
Dura: shell to fruit (Average) PKS/PF(D)(Average) 0.306
Dura: shell to fruit (SD) PKS/PF(D)(SD) 0.026
Tenera: kernel to fruit (Average) PK/PF(T)(Average) 0.065
Tenera: kernel to fruit (SD) PK/PF(T)(SD) 0.005
Dura: kernel to fruit (Average) PK/PF(D)(Average) 0.082
Dura: kernel to fruit (SD) PK/PF(D)(SD) 0.01
Tenera: CPO content of mesocarp (Average) CPO/Msc(T)(Average) 0.55
Dura: CPO content of mesocarp (Average) CPO/Msc(D)(Average) 0.55
Tenera: PKO content of kernel (Average) PKO/PK(T)(Average) 0.47
Dura: PKO content of kernel (Average) PKO/PK(D)(Average) 0.47

MT, metric tons; FFB, fresh fruit bunch; HA, hectare; T, tenera; D, dura; CPO, crude palm oil; PKO, palm kernel oil; MY, Malaysia; PF, palm fruit; Msc, mesocarp; PKS, palm kernel shell; PK, palm kernel; PKC, palm kernel cake; RM, Malaysian Ringgit.