Cultivation and Land Use Review

Cultivated area grew modestly across the reporting group, while palm density and orchard management improved more quickly.

The review documents replanting cycles, average orchard age and the transition of marginal land out of production.

Where water is priced or quota-managed, marginal plantations are being retired and replaced by higher-density, higher-value orchards.

Replanting programmes are shifting varietal mix toward export grades, with consequences for the sector's price profile over the next decade.