The palm oil milling processes produce by-products\u00a0or wastes in the form of empty fruit bunch (EFB) (23%), mesocarp fibres (12%), shell (5%), boiler\u00a0ash, decanter cake, sludge and palm oil mill effluent\u00a0(POME) (60%) for every tonne of fresh fruit bunch\u00a0(FFB) processed (Najafpour et al., 2005). These byproducts\u00a0can be utilised as renewable resources with\u00a0present technologies in harmony with the ecological\u00a0system. Some examples of these renewable resources\u00a0are biogas and biomass for the energy sector and\u00a0composting for soil amelioration, in tandem with\u00a0sustainable development for the oil palm industry.<\/p>\n
Composting is indeed a viable means of converting oil palm organic wastes into organic fertilisers and soil conditioners that can be used safely and beneficially to supplement inorganic fertilisers. However, most producers encounter problems related to compost handling and applications, resulting in the extensive use of workers and the deployment of other conventional methods of applying compost in the plantation. Presently, getting workers to carry out harvesting of FFB is already a problem and will be compounded with compost production, handling and applications in the oil palm plantations.<\/p>\n
Realising the imminent issues confronting compost application, Sime Darby Plantations has adopted various mechanisation application methods covering up to 35% of the targeted total compost production capacity. This article presents an overview of the various types of innovative machines used presently for the application of compost in Sime Darby plantations and their performances. The necessity to adopt various types of machines is simply to achieve larger coverage to accommodate the compost production volume and to effectively distribute the compost to the fields.<\/p>\n
Proses pengilangan minyak sawit menghasilkan\u00a0bahan sampingan atau buangan seperti buah\u00a0tandan kosong (BTK) (23%), serat mesorkarpa\u00a0(12%), tempurung (5%), abu dandang, kek\u00a0dekanter, endapan dan efluen kilang minyak\u00a0sawit (POME) (60%) bagi setiap tan buah\u00a0tandan segar (BTS) yang diproses (Najafpour et\u00a0al., 2005). Kesemua bahan sampingan ini boleh\u00a0digunakan sebagai sumber boleh diperbaharui\u00a0dengan teknologi masa kini seiring dengan sistem\u00a0ekologi. Sebahagian daripada contoh sumber boleh\u00a0diperbaharui adalah biogas dan biojisim untuk\u00a0sektor tenaga dan kompos bagi penambahbaik\u00a0tanah, selaras dengan pembangunan kelestarian\u00a0untuk industri sawit.\u00a0Pengkomposan adalah satu kaedah yang\u00a0praktikal untuk mengubah bahan buangan organik\u00a0sawit kepada baja organik dan perapi tanah\u00a0yang selamat digunakan dan berfaedah sebagai\u00a0tambahan kepada penggunaan baja inorganik.\u00a0Namun, kebanyakan pengeluar menghadapi<\/em> masalah berhubung dengan teknik mengendali dan\u00a0mengaplikasi kompos, mengakibatkan penggunaan\u00a0tenaga kerja yang ramai dan menggunapakai\u00a0kaedah konvensional lain untuk mengaplikasi\u00a0kompos di ladang. Pada masa kini, mendapatkan\u00a0pekerja untuk menjalankan penuaian BTS\u00a0merupakan satu masalah dan apatah lagi dengan\u00a0adanya pengeluaran, kendalian dan aplikasi\u00a0kompos di ladang.<\/em><\/p>\n Menyedari hakikat yang perlu ditangani\u00a0mengenai pengaplikasian kompos, Sime Darby\u00a0Plantations telah menggunakan pelbagai kaedah\u00a0mekanisasi yang meliputi kawasan sehingga\u00a035% keluasan yang disasarkan untuk kapasiti\u00a0pengeluaran kompos.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Artikel ini membentangkan pandangan\u00a0menyeluruh pelbagai jentera inovatif yang \u00a0digunapakai masa kini untuk tujuan aplikasi kompos di Sime Darby Plantations serta prestasinya. Keperluan untuk mengguna pelbagai jentera adalah untuk mencapai keluasan yang besar untuk mengimbangi jumlah pengeluaran kompos serta pengagihan kompos yang berkesan di ladang.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The palm oil milling processes produce by-products\u00a0or wastes in the form of empty fruit bunch (EFB) (23%), mesocarp fibres (12%), shell (5%), boiler\u00a0ash, decanter cake, sludge and palm oil mill effluent\u00a0(POME) (60%) for every tonne of fresh fruit bunch\u00a0(FFB) processed (Najafpour et al., 2005). These byproducts\u00a0can be utilised as renewable resources with\u00a0present technologies in harmony […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[179,140,181,180,182],"class_list":["post-2246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-no-66-may-2013","tag-biomass","tag-composting","tag-compost-handling","tag-soil-conditioners","tag-mechanised-methods"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/opb.mpob.gov.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/opb.mpob.gov.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/opb.mpob.gov.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/opb.mpob.gov.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/opb.mpob.gov.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/opb.mpob.gov.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/opb.mpob.gov.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/opb.mpob.gov.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/opb.mpob.gov.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}