About Applied Agricultural Resources Sdn. Bhd.
Applied Agricultural Resources Sdn. Bhd. (AAR) is a private research organisation established to conduct research on tropical plantation crops and provide agronomic advisory backup services to its Principals, namely Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad and Boustead Plantations Berhad, two public-listed Malaysian plantation companies.
It has emerged as a leading tropical plantation crop research centre since its establishment in July 1986. It advises over 250,000 hectares of oil palm and rubber estates in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak and Liberia.
AAR maintains a large research programme in strategic areas to improve productivity and efficiency in estates. It ultilises the latest research findings, innovations and technological advances in crop science and information technologies. Consequently, estates advised by AAR benefit from timely transfer of new R&D findings and improved planting techniques against a background of sound agronomic and management practices.
AAR has an excellent mix of skilled and experienced field, laboratory and office staff, led by over 45 professional researchers. Teamwork and objective oriented studies are prominent features in AAR’s approach to resolve production and management problems in estates.
As producers of essential natural commodities for the global market, our estates will continue to feature prominently in Malaysia’s economy and provide a competitive edge to our country’s industrial sectors. AAR is committed to be at the forefront of plantation crops research and development, propelling our estates to be highly efficient, productive and sustainable with their eco-friendly oil palm, rubber, cocoa estates and plantation forest into the 21st century.
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| Agronomic Advisory Services | GPS/GIS and Remote Sensing Services | AA+Mulch |
| Agronomic visit and drawing up of manuring recommendations. Undertake leaf and soil sampling and soil survey of estates. |
We also provide services in spatial analysis to plantations and are ready to assist you in exploring the advanced yet affordable satellite imaging technology to your benefit. | AA + MULCH™ can help you if you have a large replant and have difficulty in keeping up with your circle weeding and frequent manuring rounds in your immature oil palm areas |
| Esigel | Laboratory Analytical Services | AA Hybrida I Oil Palm Seeds |
| ESIGEL is a superior product for latex stimulation based on improved formulation of ethephon prepared by Applied Agricultural Resources Sdn. Bhd.. This formulation incorporating amendments, enhances the efficiency of ethephon by early release of ethylene gas into the tree system. | AAR Analytical Laboratory maintains the highest precision for its analytical tests to complement the best agricultural decision making by estates in particular those under our Principals, Messrs Boustead Holdings Berhad and Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad advisory | AA DxP Oil Palm Seeds
AA Hybrida 1 – Malaysia Power Brand 2011 Award The advancement of oil palm breeding |