The Use of Pest Mobile Application for Optimizing the Sustainability Support of Pest Management in Oil Palm Plantation

Abstract

The road map of the Indonesian palm oil industry, which is entering the industrial revolution 4.0, is by innovation and sustainable development of digitalization, referring to the application of machine automation and human-machine communication. As a significant player in the global palm oil industry, Indonesia has started to apply digital technology in the oil palm plantation industry. In this paper a digital early detection of pests and its contributions to sustainable pest control is explored. This technology will make it easier to monitor activities on the plantation on a regular basis. Real-time observation is needed to find out the problem as early as possible. This collected digital information is then statistically analyzed and linked to ecosystem services to get better decisions, especially for sustainable integrated pest control (IPM). The use of smartphone technology with an HDI implementation assessment approach and the Triple Bottom Line is the company's responsibility to the environment (planet), social (humans), and profit.