TRANSLATION FROM ORIGINAL SPANISH:

REPORT No. 20 - 2002 - SAIS PAMPA - RIS.

TO: Prof. Manuel Huertas Arana
        Manager SAIS PAMPA S.A

FROM: Tech. Agr. Reynaldo Isuiza Salas
               Specialist in Palm Oil farming



SUBJECT:
ADVANCES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF PALM OIL FARMING USING HOMA TECHNOLOGY.

DATE: Pucallpa, March 20/2002

Please receive our greetings and the TECHNICAL REPORT about the "PRODUCTION OF OIL PALM APPLYING HOMA TECHNOLOGY", project, after visiting the corresponding camps, which are under your supervision. There was an accelerated rejuvenation of oil palm plantation observed in the productive areas of the S.A.I.S. PAMPA COMPANY through the effect of HOMA THERAPY.
From the phytopathology point of view, we noticed significant changes in relation to the presence of pollinating agents, formation of crowns, shortening of the productive cycle, increase of production (double the production in just two months of applying HOMA technology treatment) and improvement of the quality.

Sincerely,
Signature of

Tech. Agr. Reynaldo Isuiza Salas

c.c
Agriculture Ministery
CTAR - Ucayali
Ecoland Arcadia
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I. - INITIAL DIAGNOSE:

The COMPANY S.A.I.S. PAMPAS CORP has an area of 330 hectares of oil palms. It is located on Km. 50 of the Highway Federico Basarde. It shows a great quantity of masculine flowers and a lack of feminine ones.
The palms show leaves with little vitality, they dry up easily, beginning to dry from the tips, many have symptoms of clorosis.
We can see few functional leaves on each tree and it is frequently necessary to remove the leaves.
There is an about 80% leave damage by the larvae of the butterfly called " Ahuihua " (Brassollis Sp.).
There is also little crown production, extending the time of harvest to once a month. Some areas have no commercial bunches and many have no harvest at all.
Little presence of pollinating agents.

CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CHOSEN PALMS OIL AREA, WHERE HOMA THERAPY IS APPLIED

The 330 hectares of palm oil plantation are divided in two sectors:
- Sector TUNUYA:
247 hectares, initiated in the years 1990 and 1991(age 10 and 11 years).
In this area are no weeds, the " Kudzu " plant grows as a covering. It shows good management. It was chemically fertilized (NPK).
- Sector SANTA ROSA:
81.5 hectares of palm oil plantation, initiated in the year 1988 (13 years old).
This plantation was untended, is overgrown with weeds like Torourco, Shapumba, Brachiaria decumbens, among others. The plantation has parasitic plants of the Epifitas type.
In this plantation sheep were raised, which accelerated the spreading and the growth of weeds. These unfavorable conditions diminished the quantity of the harvest subsequently.

Although the TUNUYA sector has better management and younger trees the production is low and the harvests decrease continually.
For the treatment with Homa Therapy Techniques the palm tree plantation of SANTA ROSA was chosen.


II. - ADVANCES AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE PALM OIL CULTIVATION WITH HOMA TECHNOLOGY

After 2 months of HOMA Therapy application the quantity of feminine flowers outnumbers the masculine.

CHART No. 01
PRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR OF THE PALM OIL TREES IN HOMA AREA
 

No. of evaluated trees

Green bunches (February)

Green bunches
(March)

Increase of F.F.B. (%)

2,394

2,755

3,983

44.6


Chart No. 01 shows an increase of Fresh Fruits Bunches (F.F.B.) of 44.6% in the palm oil plantation where Homa Therapy has been applied for 2 months. This was not observed in the TUNUYA Sector where NO Homa Therapy was applied, in spite of the abundant rains in this area from November on.
In the SANTA ROSA sector a production like this has never been observed before applying Homa Therapy.

CHART 02
PRODUCTION OF CROWNS IN THE PALM OIL CULTIVATION WITH HOMA THERAPY.

Hectares

N° of trees/ lot

N° of evaluated trees

Femenine flowering

Green bunches

81.5

11,643

2,394

604

3,379


It the palm oil plantation a good formation of tree crowns is observed through the effect of Homa Therapy. The plantation shows a uniform production between inflorescences, green bunches and mature bunches.
The physiologic behavior of the palm oil shows a rapid development through Homa Therapy, considering a production in 6 months. This is reflected in a bigger number of green bunches, compared with the number of feminine inflorescence.

CHART 03
INDICATORS OF PRODUCTION IN THE PALM OIL CULTIVATION IN COMPARISON TO BEFORE AND AFTER APPLYING HOMA THERAPY.
 

VARIABLES

BEFOTE HOMA THERAPY

WITH HOMA THERAPY

INCREASE (%)

Weight of a mature bunch  (Kg.)

9

13

44.5

Bunches per tree

1.21

1.70

40.5

Number of bunches per hectare

173

243

40.5

Production per hectare  (Kg.)/ 6 months

1,557.27

3,159

103


In the palm oil plantation mature bunches with a weight from 10 to 40 kilos are observed through the Homa effect. For the average of weight, bunches from 37 to 40 kilos are not considered, because they only represent 17% of the total production of mature bunches. The plantation tends to produce bunches of more size and weight through the effects of the Homa atmosphere and the Agnihotra ash solution.
After two months of applying Homa Therapy the palms oil trees increased their production 103%.

CHART 04
BEHAVIOR OF THE PALM OIL CULTIVATION IN MONTHS OF HEAVY RAIN COMPARED WITH APPLICATION OF HOMA THERAPY AND WITHOUT.
 

MONTHS

WITHOUT
HOMA THERAPY
(SECTOR TUNUYA) (Kg./Ha)

WITH
HOMA THERAPY
(SECTOR SANTA ROSA)
(Kg./Ha)

DIFFERENCE IN PRODUCTION WITH HOMA THERAPY (%)

January

124.5

279

124

February

138.4

395

185

March

105.7

263.2**

149

* * harvest of two weeks

In chart N° 04 the difference between the production of the palm oil plantation with Homa Therapy (Sector Santa Rosa) is compared with the production of the Sector TUNUYA where Homa Therapy is not applied. The difference is more than a 100% in spite of being in the same area and in the same climate.
The butterfly (Brassollis sp.), well-known as "Ahuihua " in its state as a larvae destroys the palm oil leaves. Through the effect of the Homa atmosphere and the application of the Agnihotra ash the larvaes leave during the day the stem and the leaves, which serve them as lodge, they fall off the tree to the floor and finally end up dying.
The presence of pollinating insects (bees and others) increases through the Homa effect.
At the moment of harvesting the mature bunches, the palm oil tree presents from 33 to 35 functional leaves, achieved through Homa atmosphere and the application of the Agnihotra ash solution.
 

III. CONCLUSIONS

-The Palm Oil plantation had phytosanitary problems, weed overgrowth, low production and 70% of the fruits were non commercial. It rejuvenated in only two months through the Homa effect and the application of the Agnihotra ash solution.
-The production increased 103% after applying Homa Therapy for only two months, with bigger bunches and commercial fruits.
-The Palm Oil trees with Homa Therapy would produce 243 clusters per hectare with a production of 3,159 kilos in a period of six months, assuring a production increase.
-The production achieved with Homa Therapy shows us through certain indicators that the harvest can increase until achieving a production of 42.910 tons/month/81.5 hectares. There are even other certain appraisable parameters that indicate that this production can be achieved before the six months.
-In spite of not having applied bio fertilizer, the production increased through the effect of the Homa atmosphere and the Agnihotra ash.
-The palm oil cultivation allows, applying Homa Therapy, to achieve production at low cost, minimizing expenses and maximizing profitability.


IV. RECOMMENDATIONS

It is necessary to prune and clean the whole plantation of weeds in order to best apply the Agnihotra ash solution.
Using the methods of Homa Therapy, the organic residuals obtained in the palm oil processing (husk of fruits and others) can be used to obtain bio manure, which would allow supplementing the nutritional treatment of the palms.


Reynaldo Isuiza Salas, Agricultural Technician, specialist in Management of Palm Oil cultivations, with training in the Company Palmas del Espino in Uchiza.
With work Experiences in following palm oil producing Companies:
EMDEPALMA CORP. - TOCACHE (Company with funds of the Peruvian Government and private funds. With 5,000 hectares of palm oil cultivation, 10 years of work.
Company SAIS PACHACUTEC (250 hectares of palm oil cultivation), 9 years of work.
Company SAIS PAMPAS (330 hectares of palm oil cultivation), 1 year of work.