Coffee vs Oil Palm
Both are Plantation. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.
Coffee
Oil Palm
| Measure | Coffee | Oil Palm |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Perennial |
| Sowing window | Jun–Jul (planting) | Jun–Sep (planting) |
| Days to harvest | 3–4 yr to bear | 3–4 yr to bear |
| Spacing | 2.5 × 2.5 m | 9 m triangular |
| Soil pH | 6.0–6.5 | 5.0–7.0 |
| Water | 1500–2000 | 2000–2500 |
| Temperature °C | 15–28 | 24–32 |
| Seed rate | 1,600 plants | 143 palms |
| Yield | 1–1.5 t clean | 20–25 t FFB |
| Watch for | White stem borer, leaf rust | Rhinoceros beetle, bud rot |