SATREPS (Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development) is a collaborative effort between the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). As part of the programme, JST offers competitive research funding for projects related to science and technology whereas JICA provides official development assistance (ODA).
SATREPS (Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development) is a collaborative effort between the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). As part of the programme, JST offers competitive research funding for projects related to science and technology whereas JICA provides official development assistance (ODA).
There are four project sites of OPT Projects in Malaysia, including Kluang Pilot Plant in Johor, Pasoh Oil Palm Field in Negeri Sembilan, USM laboratory and test field at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang and Sarawak Model Plant in Sarawak.
The products of the OPT Projects by SATREPS include bioplastic produced from oil palm sap, cellulose nanofibres and biomass pellets made from OPT and mushrooms cultivated using oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB). Moreover, various events have been conducted and several publications have been published from the projects by SATREPS.
The OPT Projects focus on four main themes of sustainable oil palm plantation farming which are the technology development of high sugar accumulation in OPT (Output-1), manufacturing technology development for high value-added products from OPT (Output-2), development of sustainable land management by reforestation of palm plantations (Output-3) and the impact assessment to economy, society and environment by OPT utilisation technology (Output-4).
The OPT Projects by SATREPS undertake sustainable replantation of oil palm by adding value to oil palm trunk through scientific and technological innovation. The replantation of oil palm trees is done every 25 to 30 years as the fruit production is dropping and thus causing the logged palm trees to be left in the plantations. These practices eventually contribute to global-scale environmental problems. Therefore, the sustainable plantation farming of OPT Projects uses Oil Palm Trunks (OPT) as the biomass resource to achieve a decrease in soil disease by reducing deforestation at the same time minimising the emission of greenhouse gasses from OPT decomposition. In addition, the biomass utilisation technology will develop new industries and such certification increases the environmental and economic incentives.
There are four project sites of OPT Projects in Malaysia, including Kluang Pilot Plant in Johor, Pasoh Oil Palm Field in Negeri Sembilan, USM laboratory and test field at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang and Sarawak Model Plant in Sarawak.
The products of the OPT Projects by SATREPS include bioplastic produced from oil palm sap, cellulose nanofibres and biomass pellets made from OPT and mushrooms cultivated using oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB). Moreover, various events have been conducted and several publications have been published from the projects by SATREPS.
The OPT Projects focus on four main themes of sustainable oil palm plantation farming which are the technology development of high sugar accumulation in OPT (Output-1), manufacturing technology development for high value-added products from OPT (Output-2), development of sustainable land management by reforestation of palm plantations (Output-3) and the impact assessment to economy, society and environment by OPT utilisation technology (Output-4).
The OPT Projects by SATREPS undertake sustainable replantation of oil palm by adding value to oil palm trunk through scientific and technological innovation. The replantation of oil palm trees is done every 25 to 30 years as the fruit production is dropping and thus causing the logged palm trees to be left in the plantations. These practices eventually contribute to global-scale environmental problems. Therefore, the sustainable plantation farming of OPT Projects uses Oil Palm Trunks (OPT) as the biomass resource to achieve a decrease in soil disease by reducing deforestation at the same time minimising the emission of greenhouse gasses from OPT decomposition. In addition, the biomass utilisation technology will develop new industries and such certification increases the environmental and economic incentives.
Joint Publicaton
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Arai, W., Kameya, H., Hashim, R., Sulaiman, O., Arai, T., Sudesh, K., Yusuff, I. M., Ghani, S. M., Rashid, A. H. A., & Kosugi, A. (2022). Reactive oxygen species scavenging capacities of oil palm trunk sap evaluated using the electron spin resonance spin trapping method. Industrial Crops and Products, 182, 114887.
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Uke, A., Nakazono-Nagaoka, E., Chuah, J. A., Zain, N. A., Amir, H. G., Sudesh, K., Abidin, N., Hashim, Z., & Kosugi, A. (2021). Effect of decomposing oil palm trunk fibers on plant growth and soil microbial community composition. Journal of Environmental Management, 295, 113050.
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Bomrungnok, W., Arai, T., Yoshihashi, T., Sudesh, K., Hatta, T., & Kosugi, A. (2020). Direct production of polyhydroxybutyrate from waste starch by newly-isolated Bacillus aryabhattai T34-N4. Environmental Technology, 41(25), 3318-3328.
Surendran, A., Lakshmanan, M., Chee, J. Y., Sulaiman, A. M., Thuoc, D. V., & Sudesh, K. (2020). Can polyhydroxyalkanoates be produced efficiently from waste plant and animal oils? Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 8, 169
Sohni, S., Hashim, R., Nidaullah, H., Sulaiman, O., Leh, C. P., Lamaming, J., Arai, T. & Kosugi, A. (2020). Enhancing the enzymatic digestibility of oil palm biomass using supercritical carbon dioxide-based pretreatment towards biorefinery application. Industrial Crops and Products, 157, 112923.
Saari, N., Lamaming, J., Hashim, R., Sulaiman, O., Sato, M., Arai, T., Kosugi, A. & Wan Nadhari, W. N. A. (2020). Optimization of binderless compressed veneer panel manufacturing process from oil palm trunk using response surface methodology. Journal of Cleaner Production 265, 121757.
Murugan, P., Ong, S. Y., Hashim, R., Kosugi, A., Arai, T., Sudesh, K. (2020). Development and evaluation of controlled release fertilizer using P(3HB-co-3HHx) on oil palm plants (nursery stage) and soil microbes. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 28, 101710.
Tani, N., Abdul Hamid, Z. A., Joseph, N., Sulaiman, O., Hashim, R., Arai, T., Satake, A., Kondo, T., & Kosugi, A. (2020). Small temperature variations are a key regulator of reproductive growth and assimilate storage in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis). Scientific Reports, 10, 650.
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Nakazono-Nagaoka, E., Fujikawa, T., Shikata, A., Tachaapaikoon, C., Waeonukul, R., Pason, P., Ratanakhanokchai, K. & Kosugi, A. (2019). Draft genome sequence data of Clostridium thermocellum PAL5 possessing high cellulose-degradation ability. Data in Brief, 25, 104274.
