Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
Palm oil products are becoming important as raw materials in food products. This is due to their unique fatty acid and triglyceride composition and thermal properties. It is important to note that 80% of the palm oil products and its fractions are being used in food formulations. While a great deal of information is available […]
The oil palm industry is currently facing problems of labour shortage and increasing cost of production. In order for it to remain competitive and viable, one of the ways is to mechanise its operations to enhance labour productivity and hence reduce its dependency on labour. According to Baker et al. (1973), economic profitability will dictate […]
With the advent of the Internet resulting in an information overload amongst the researchers and knowledge workers of PORIM, there is an increasing need by the Palm Information Centre of the Institute to enhance its database service PALMOILIS launched in 1993 to be more user-friendly, more interactive by allowing users to interact online, more responsive […]
Over the last three decades, the Malaysian palm oil industry has grown to become a very important agriculture-based industry. Currently, there are more than 2.6 million hectares under oil palm and 290 palm oil mills to produce crude palm oil and palm kernel for further processing by refineries, palm kernel crushers and oleochemical companies. In […]