The 300km2 palm oil plantation, which has partnered with Saba Legend, is roughly the size of 42,000 football fields.

In order to monitor palm tree plantations in Malaysia, Dabeeo Inc., a geospatial information technology company based on AI, has announced its intention to introduce AI analysis technology using ultra-precision (30cm-level) satellite images.

Dabeeo and Saba Legend, a Malaysian GIS company, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on April 28, 2023, with the goal of regularly monitoring tree health and quickly identifying malnourished palm trees through technical cooperation.

The 300km2 palm oil plantation, which has partnered with Saba Legend, is roughly the size of 42,000 football fields. By utilising Dabeeo’s AI technology, the two businesses will jointly look for opportunities to investigate precision farming in an effort to reduce the time and expense associated with managing a large-scale farm.

Using a particular band (Red-NIR) of satellite images, Dabeeo previously conducted an analysis of specific plantation areas to derive NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index), a representative indicator of vegetation status.

Based on this experience, Dabeeo intends to use its AI analysis technology in future partnerships to analyze the vegetation indices of palm trees based on 30-centimeter-level ultra-precise satellite images at regular intervals, visualize the related data, and deliver it to the farm, helping to support the operations of palm oil plantations in Malaysia

CEO of Saba Legend, Mohamed Ishaber Hassan, stated: “A large palm oil farm requires a lot of labour and time to manage and monitor. Given that Sabah is a Malaysian state with a large land mass and has 68% of its land area covered in forest, we have high hopes for Dabeeo corporations.

The management of palm oil productivity will be greatly aided by the effective use of Dabeeo’s technology and satellite images. We hope that it will also spark additional conversations about the carbon markets.”

Victor Choi, vice president of Dabeeo, said during the MOU ceremony, “When using satellite images in various ways, such as identifying different kinds of trees in Saba, Dabeeo’s AI technology can reach its full potential. Through this agreement, we hope to make a strong case for the successful application of Dabeeo’s technology in the field of vegetation environments.”