Satellite monitoring for oil palm, rubber, rice and fruit, with palm-by-palm counts, MSPO and RSPO reporting and dated evidence for deforestation-free supply.
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Farming in Malaysia
Oil palm is the largest crop by area in Malaysia. It grows on large estates and smallholdings in Johor, Pahang, Perak and other states of Peninsular Malaysia, and widely in Sabah and Sarawak. Natural rubber is the older plantation crop, mostly on smallholdings. Rice grows in the northern plains of Kedah and Perlis, in Kelantan and around Sekinchan in Selangor. Fruit includes durian, pineapple and banana, and the Cameron Highlands grow vegetables and tea.
Rain falls through most of the year and cloud is thick for long periods, so optical satellite images are often unusable. Many palm and rubber stands are old, so replanting decisions carry a big cost. Basal stem rot is a known threat to oil palm, and peat soils in dry spells can burn and cause haze. Estates also face tight labour, which makes walking every block hard.
Buyers in Europe and elsewhere now ask for traceable, deforestation-free supply. Malaysia has its national MSPO standard for palm oil, and many estates also work with RSPO. Map My Crop supports growers, agribusinesses, insurers and agencies in Malaysia, and has an office in Malaysia.
Main crops
Oil palm
The main plantation crop, grown on estates and smallholdings from Johor to Sabah and Sarawak.
Rubber
A long-established tree crop, mostly on smallholdings, with many ageing stands.
Rice
Grown on irrigated plains in Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan and Selangor, with double cropping where water allows.
Durian
A high-value tree crop in Pahang, Penang, Johor and other states, grown in orchards.
Pineapple
Grown mainly in Johor, often on peat and other marginal soils.
Banana
Grown on estates and smallholdings in many states.
What makes it hard
Cloud, rain and haze
Cloud blocks optical imagery for long periods, and dry-season fires on peat add smoke. Monitoring needs imagery that still works in these conditions.
Ageing stands, disease and replanting
Old palms and rubber trees yield less, and basal stem rot can spread in oil palm. Estates need to know where palms are missing, stressed or diseased before they plan replanting.
Proving deforestation-free, sustainable supply
Buyers, lenders and regulators want dated evidence by plot. EUDR covers oil palm and rubber, and Malaysian estates also report under MSPO and, in many cases, RSPO.
How Map My Crop helps in Malaysia
Manage palms one by one
Palm Oil Monitoring detects and counts every palm, maps gaps, estimates palm age and scores health. It adds bunch counts, ripeness, fresh fruit bunch weight forecasts, fire alerts, basal stem rot hotspots and cloud-free virtual imagery from radar and optical fusion.
Report for MSPO and RSPO
Palm Oil Monitoring keeps dated evidence of estate condition and fire history, and produces an RSPO and MSPO compliance reporting pack with a burn-free audit trail.
Track rubber and fruit blocks
Plantation Monitoring counts trees and rows, finds gaps and scores individual tree health block by block, for rubber, durian and other agricultural tree crops.
Show land-cover change in sourcing areas
Forest Monitoring detects clearing, tracks loss over time and gives dated imagery and reports that can support due-diligence and audit evidence, for example under EUDR.
Link plots to supply chains
Sustainable Agriculture Suite maps sourcing plots as polygons, links them to shipments, monitors deforestation and land-use change and packages the evidence for reporting and audit.
How it starts
- Tell us your area and crops. Tell us whether you run estates, supply mills, buy from smallholders or lend to them, and share the estates or sourcing areas you want to follow.
- We set up your fields and maps. Estates and blocks are loaded from your KML, shapefile or CSV files or drawn, and palms are detected on the imagery. Health, fire and weather layers are then switched on.
- Review it in a demo. See maps, alerts and reports for your own fields or sourcing areas. Book a demo on the contact page. We reply within one business day.
Frequently asked questions
Does Palm Oil Monitoring work in cloudy regions?
Yes. It can use cloud-free virtual imagery built from radar and optical fusion, which gives year-round visibility in cloudy regions.
Can a mill or buyer follow supplier estates?
Yes. Palm Oil Monitoring is built for plantation companies, smallholder schemes, mills and buyers tracking supplier estates, and the enterprise dashboard shows many estates in one view.
What does EUDR require, and where does Map My Crop help?
EUDR covers products such as oil palm, rubber, cocoa, coffee, soy, cattle and wood. Operators must show that products are deforestation-free and trace them to the plot. Map My Crop gives dated land-cover evidence and polygon-level sourcing maps. It does not replace an operator's own legal due diligence.
Can drones be used alongside satellites?
Yes. Drone Monitoring turns drone images into plant counts, gap maps and damage maps for plantation blocks that need more detail than satellites give.