A critical aspect of oil palm cultivation is water management, as oil palm trees require significant amounts of water. Unstable water supplies may lead to unnecessary stress to trees and compromise both vegetative growth and fruit production.

Therefore, sustainable measures to managing water supply are required to be implemented, in order for oil palm trees to achieve optimum growth.

Some of the water management measures implemented by SALCRA include:

• Management of fresh water on undulating/ hilly/ inland soils
• Management of fresh water management on flat and coastal soils