Sammy999:
Good evening pals, please I need your advice on the above topic, because I want to start ones it starts raining. thanks for your response.

There are questions you need to ask yourself before determining which of the two plants you would go for.

Firstly, What's your capital? How much do you have to finance it. Oil Palm takes much money and time (From about 4yrs) compared to plantain which can be ready to harvest in about a year.

Whats the condition of the land? is it a lease/rented land or outright purchase? as it is not advisable to cultivate oil palm on rented land. if you wish to plant oil palm you can go for very long lease (30 years and above) or better still purchase outright.

If the above two are checked. My advice is that you can plant both of them on same land as the recommended distance between oil palm is about 9 Meters X 9 Meters (approx 30ft) the distance in between oil palm plant is sufficient to plant plantain then the returns from the plantain will be used to sustain the farm till the palms canopy grows and overshadow the plantain which would span several years . Besides harvesting plantain you will also have lots of plantain suckers which you can sell off or transplant to another farm site.

Also take note that you buy good seed/seedlings from trusted and approved sellers to avoid stories that touch. You should also endeavor to conduct Good management practices... Weeding periodically, application of fertiliser, and others.