Isolation and characterisation of cellulolytic microorganisms for oil palm (Elaeis Guineensis) waste management: Effective composting of empty fruit bunches for sustainable crop cultivation

The purpose of this research was to identify local microbes from Sarawak soil capable of degrading oil palm waste that has become an environmental hazard, through composting. The compost produced can be implemented back into the oil palm plantation that in return, reduces usage of costly chemical fertiliser. Furthermore, chemical fertilizer used to cultivate these oil palms could be an environmental impact and may pollute the environment. The results from this research has shown that the local microbes found could potentially be used in composting oil palm waste into compost as an alternative fertilizer for use in oil palm cultivation.