Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
Quality assurance may be defined as ensuring that the customer receives a product that is suitable for his use. Of course he also wants to purchase it at a reasonable price. Therefore commercial transactions are based on certain specifications and the concept of Good Merchantable Quality (GMQ). To complement the general standards of an industry, […]
Obvious significance to Malaysia of the rapid expansion of planted areas is the potential labour requirement: In 1980, 82 776 plantation workers produced 2.576 x 106 tonnes/crude oil, in 1981 85 822 workers produced 2.824 x 106 tonnes crude oil. This is equivalent to 31.12 and 32.90 tonnes crude oil per man year respectively. With […]
Palm Oil is one of the major oils competing in the world market for oils and fats. Its dominant position is easily seen through the rapid increase in its market share of world exports of oils and fats, from 2% in 1960 to 10% in 1970 and to 16% in 1?80. Growth in market share […]
In oils and fats we can discern two main traditions developing in the Western world. The first was based on animal husbandry, producing butter, beef fat and lard. Climatic conditions in the northern half of Europe did not enable oilseed crops to be grown, with the exception of rapeseed. However, until the 19th century the […]
About a dozen plant species account for more than 90% of _the world’s production of vegetable oils and fats. Most commercially traded vegetable oils and fats are obtained either from seeds ( e.g. com oil, groundnut oil, soya bean oil, palm kernel oil) or other parts of fruits ( e.g. olive oil, palm oil). Most […]
Any plant species can qualify to become a plantation crop if it fulfills the following requirements: (1) that it is a perennial species, and (2) that its existence as a perennial species is fully justified in terms of its economic advantages. Among all these plantation crops, oil palm fully justifies the occupation of land for […]
It is appropriate to firstly examine the basic factors and conditions which provided the necessary prerequisites for the establishment of the palm oil industry in Malaysia. The agro-climatic condition existing in Malaysia provided the essential base which enabled the cultivation of oil palm, while the national development aspirations in the sixties provided the driving force […]