Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
The changed structure of the fresh fruit bunch (FFB) market has negatively affected the oil extraction rate (OER) of the Malaysian palm oil industry. This study, which employed econometrics to model the OER of the Malaysian palm oil milling industry, identified the fresh fruit market structure and mill maintenance as the two important OER influencing […]
Smallholders are capable of producing high oil palm yield comparable to that of estates if given the right guidance in the implementation of optimum agro-management practices. En. Ahmad Sidek, a smallholder from Kg. Tebuk Berihun, Sabak Bernam, has achieved more than 30 t ha-r yr-1 of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from his three 2-ha-size oil […]
National data for Malaysia on annual palm oil yields per hectare were re-examined in the light of their apparent lack of improvement over the last few decades. Published yields were compared to yields re-calculated from basic data on total crude palm oil (CPO) production and mature planted area. While some discrepancies were evident between the […]
In today’s market economy, especially with the advancement of information technology (IT) and information and communication technology (ICT), new developments in technology are transmitted fast. However, the technology is normally adopted when the benefits exceed costs. In demonstrating that such advances are for the benefit of sustaining the oil palm industry, new knowledge is constantly […]
A new harvesting pole (Hi-Reach), specifically designed for tall palms trees (>,12 m high),was developed and tested. It comprised three sections, namely, the basal, middle and top sections, which were joined through a telescopic method to make up a total length of 15 m. The pole was oval with cross-sectional diameters of the major and […]
Conventionally the analytical techniques used to analyse the quality parameters of oils and fats are by wet chemical methods that involve titration. Normally these chemical techniques require large amount of chemicals and reagents which may be unfriendly to the environment and hazardous to health. To overcome the problem, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy is considered the […]
Hybrid composite boards were manufactured from oil palm trunk (OPT), frond (OPF), empty fruit bunch (EFB) and polyethylene. Four different plastics content of 0%, 5%, 12% and 20% were used in this study. The boards were manufactured to target density of 850 kg m-3. Urea formaldehyde (UF) adhesive was used as a binder at resin […]
Material safety data sheets (MSDS) are documents designed to provide both users and workers with the proper procedures for handling or working with those materials. Generally, it has been presumed that these documents are only relevant to substances that are considered rather dangerous. However, there were recently some requests for MSDS of palm oil and […]