{"id":4791,"date":"2025-02-13T14:52:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T06:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/layout-04\/?p=4791"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T06:58:19","slug":"agronomy-and-geospatial-technology-unit-agt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/2025\/02\/agronomy-and-geospatial-technology-unit-agt\/","title":{"rendered":"Agronomy and Geospatial Technology Unit (AGT)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4791\" class=\"elementor elementor-4791\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d711d1c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d711d1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f408df elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-adv-tabs\" data-id=\"7f408df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"eael-adv-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div data-scroll-on-click=\"no\" data-scroll-speed=\"300\" id=\"eael-advance-tabs-7f408df\" class=\"eael-advance-tabs eael-tabs-horizontal eael-tab-auto-active \" data-tabid=\"7f408df\">\n            <div class=\"eael-tabs-nav\">\n                <ul class=\"eael-tab-inline-icon\" role=\"tablist\">\n                                            <li id=\"introduction\" class=\"inactive eael-tab-item-trigger eael-tab-nav-item\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"introduction-tab\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                            \n                                                                <svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-home\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M280.37 148.26L96 300.11V464a16 16 0 0 0 16 16l112.06-.29a16 16 0 0 0 15.92-16V368a16 16 0 0 1 16-16h64a16 16 0 0 1 16 16v95.64a16 16 0 0 0 16 16.05L464 480a16 16 0 0 0 16-16V300L295.67 148.26a12.19 12.19 0 0 0-15.3 0zM571.6 251.47L488 182.56V44.05a12 12 0 0 0-12-12h-56a12 12 0 0 0-12 12v72.61L318.47 43a48 48 0 0 0-61 0L4.34 251.47a12 12 0 0 0-1.6 16.9l25.5 31A12 12 0 0 0 45.15 301l235.22-193.74a12.19 12.19 0 0 1 15.3 0L530.9 301a12 12 0 0 0 16.9-1.6l25.5-31a12 12 0 0 0-1.7-16.93z\"><\/path><\/svg>                                                            \n                                                            <span class=\"eael-tab-title title-after-icon\" >Introduction<\/span>                            \n                                                    <\/li>\n                                            <li id=\"research-group\" class=\"inactive eael-tab-item-trigger eael-tab-nav-item\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"research-group-tab\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                            \n                                                                <svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-home\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M280.37 148.26L96 300.11V464a16 16 0 0 0 16 16l112.06-.29a16 16 0 0 0 15.92-16V368a16 16 0 0 1 16-16h64a16 16 0 0 1 16 16v95.64a16 16 0 0 0 16 16.05L464 480a16 16 0 0 0 16-16V300L295.67 148.26a12.19 12.19 0 0 0-15.3 0zM571.6 251.47L488 182.56V44.05a12 12 0 0 0-12-12h-56a12 12 0 0 0-12 12v72.61L318.47 43a48 48 0 0 0-61 0L4.34 251.47a12 12 0 0 0-1.6 16.9l25.5 31A12 12 0 0 0 45.15 301l235.22-193.74a12.19 12.19 0 0 1 15.3 0L530.9 301a12 12 0 0 0 16.9-1.6l25.5-31a12 12 0 0 0-1.7-16.93z\"><\/path><\/svg>                                                            \n                                                            <span class=\"eael-tab-title title-after-icon\" >Research Group<\/span>                            \n                                                    <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n            \n            <div class=\"eael-tabs-content\">\n\t\t        \n                    <div id=\"introduction-tab\" class=\"clearfix eael-tab-content-item inactive\" data-title-link=\"introduction-tab\">\n\t\t\t\t        <h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/span><\/h5><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Agronomy &amp; Geospatial Technology (AGT) Unit was established in December 2012, through a restructuring of the Agronomy &amp; Mechanization Unit to focus on specific research and development for agronomy and geospatial technology applications. AGT focuses research in the agronomic and fertilizer aspects for increasing yield, biomass utilization, sustainable FFB production, geospatial information technologies and remote sensing for precision agriculture.<\/span><\/p><h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Vision<\/strong><\/span><\/h5><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To make the oil palm industry more competitive by applying knowledge and technological know-how towards an efficient oil palm production system, in harmony with the environment.<\/span><\/p><h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Mission<\/strong><\/span><\/h5><ol><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To maximize land utilization, labour productivity and sustain high profitability.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To ensure sustainable oil palm production through efficient oil palm production system.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To promote integrated resources management, leading to sustainable and higher productivity of soil through optimum nutrient utilization and recycling of plant biomass and effluents.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To develop and promote geospatial technologies for precision agriculture application to enhance profitability and sustainability of oil palm management.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>                    <\/div>\n\t\t        \n                    <div id=\"research-group-tab\" class=\"clearfix eael-tab-content-item inactive\" data-title-link=\"research-group-tab\">\n\t\t\t\t        <h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Objective<\/strong><\/span><\/h5><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Agronomy and Fertiliser Technology Group<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To carry out fundamental agronomic research<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To apply appropriate agro-management techniques for oil palm cultivation.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To promote sustainable and environmentally friendly palm oil production<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To promote sustainable the usage of balanced fertiliser in oil palm plantation<\/span><\/li><\/ol><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Geospatial and Precision Agriculture Technology Group<\/strong><\/span><\/h6><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To develop and promote geospatial technology, integrating of precision agriculture and advance technologies for oil palm management to enhance crop profitability and sustainability.<\/span><\/p>                    <\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Research Group Background Agronomy &#038; Geospatial Technology (AGT) Unit was established in December 2012, through a restructuring of the Agronomy &#038; Mechanization Unit to focus on specific research and development for agronomy and geospatial technology applications. AGT focuses research in the agronomic and fertilizer aspects for increasing yield, biomass utilization, sustainable FFB production, geospatial &#8230; <a title=\"Agronomy and Geospatial Technology Unit (AGT)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/2025\/02\/agronomy-and-geospatial-technology-unit-agt\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Agronomy and Geospatial Technology Unit (AGT)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bsrd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4791"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28316,"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4791\/revisions\/28316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}