The high cost of labour coupled with an acute shortage of agricultural workers in the plantation sector have made mechanization necessary. The role of machine in terms of mobility and function was accurately defined. The design and construction of an experimental transporter for fresh fruit bunch (FFB) collection in soft ground areas and peat are […]

This paper develops the concept of the Malaysian National Average Oil Palm and evaluates the physiological characteristics required to produce the mean fresh fruit bunch (FFB) and mesocarp oil yields recorded in Malaysia between 1996-2000. The results are contrasted with those for oil palm in years of peak yield and with palms growing on a […]