PalmPlanner: A R-Shiny application for designing oil palm-based agroforestry systems with farmers
Abstract
This paper presents a R-Shiny application for the design of oil palm agroforestry systems with farmers in a participatory process, and then for visualizing at scale the spatial arrangements between species during field work. The application, called PalmPlanner, features an interactive user interface that enables farmers, technicians, and researchers to select various design patterns for oil palm, determine the number and locations of rows not planted with oil palm as free space for intercropping, and to adjust the distances between plants. Users can position intercrops or trees in lines or distribute them in a non-aligned pattern, either between or within the rows of oil palm. The primary objective of the application is to streamline the planting and replanting process by providing access to the spatial arrangement of plants, estimating final density for each species, and preventing the planting of new palm plants in areas previously occupied by oil palms in case of replanting.
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BibTeX
@article{perez2026palmplanner,
title = {{PalmPlanner: A R-Shiny application for designing oil palm-based agroforestry systems with farmers}},
author = {Raphaël Perez and Sylvain Rafflegeau and Axel Labeyrie and Laurene Feintrenie},
journal = {Cahiers Agricultures},
year = {2026},
month = jun,
doi = {10.1051/cagri/2026012},
url = {https://hal.science/hal-05768434v1},
note = {CC BY-NC 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - PalmPlanner: A R-Shiny application for designing oil palm-based agroforestry systems with farmers
AU - Raphaël Perez
AU - Sylvain Rafflegeau
AU - Axel Labeyrie
AU - Laurene Feintrenie
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/06/04
JO - Cahiers Agricultures
DO - 10.1051/cagri/2026012
UR - https://hal.science/hal-05768434v1
AB - This paper presents a R-Shiny application for the design of oil palm agroforestry systems with farmers in a participatory process, and then for visualizing at scale the spatial arrangements between species during field work. The application, called PalmPlanner, features an interactive user interface that enables farmers, technicians, and researchers to select various design patterns for oil palm, determine the number and locations of rows not planted with oil palm as free space for intercropping, and to adjust the distances between plants. Users can position intercrops or trees in lines or distribute them in a non-aligned pattern, either between or within the rows of oil palm. The primary objective of the application is to streamline the planting and replanting process by providing access to the spatial arrangement of plants, estimating final density for each species, and preventing the planting of new palm plants in areas previously occupied by oil palms in case of replanting.
SN - 1166-7699
SN - 1166-7699
ER -