Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
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 […]
The main function of a steam accumulator system is to improve the efficiency of the steam raising plant of a factory or mill by providing a reserve of steam, automatically available, to meet fluctuations in demand for steam. Obviously, when the steam consumption of a factory or mill is fairly steady and there are no […]
Kaedah yang mudah bagi menganalisis hasil pada kajian kelapa sawit dari segi penggunaan dan penukaran tenaga suria, dan dari sekatan pengasimilasian dihuraikan. Analisis ini dibuat pada kira-kira 30 kajian baja bagi beberapa jenis tanah di Malaysia.Perubahan penggembelingan berperingkat tenaga suria hanya sedikit saja mempengaruhi penghasilan jumlah jirim kering. la sebaliknya banyak dipengaruhi oleh kecekapan penukaran […]
Kajian yang membandingkan penggunaan baja bagi pokok kelapa sawit di tempat-tempat yang berlainan di sekitar pokok dan pada kekerapan yang berbeza telah dilakukan pada tanah darat di Malaysia. Bila pokok berumur 7-9 tahun, dan baja hanya dibubuh sekali saja dalam setahun, hasil yang terbanyak boleh didapati bila baja N dibubuh di bulatan kemasan rumpai dan […]
Kalorimetri pengiaman pembezaan (DSC) adalah salah satu cara yang digunakan untuk menentukan ciri, juga untuk mengkaji sifat-sifat fizikal minyak dan lemaak. Sifat fizikal adalah penting kerana ia mempengaruhi kegunaan akhir minyak dan lemak. Makalah ini menghuraikan penggunaan DSC pada minyak dan lemak, terutama minyak sawit. Kaedah menyukat dan kajian minyak sawit bagi satu tempoh simpan […]
Penggunaan baja yang optimum bagi kelapa sawit di sesuatu kawasan bergantung kepada nutrien, tanah dan keberkesanan pendapatan balik baja. Di dalam artikel ini ditunjukkan bagaimana perbezaan antara ciri-ciri pokok dan kawasan boleh mengubah keperluan baja walaupun pada siri tanah yang sama. Jika perbezaan ini diambilkira maka faedah dan penggunaan baja boleh dipertingkatkan.