It is generally agreed that the Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) originated in the tropical rain forestregion of West Africa. The main belt runs through the southern latitudes of Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo and into the...
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Modern processing of oil palm fruit bunches into edible oil is practiced using various methods which may be grouped into four categories according to their throughput and degree of complexity. These are the traditional methods, small-scale m...
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The primary unit of production of the palm oil industry is the farm where the oil palm tree is cultivated to produce palm fruits. There are also wild groves of oil palm. The farm units are of different sizes and may be classified as small, m...
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Red palm oil is one of the few fatty fruits in existence, it’s likely to hold a substantial place in the human diet and is the second most consumed vegetable oil in the world. It is different from other plant and animal oils in its fatty a...
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Malaysia’s workforce depends on sustainable palm oil: More than 600,000 people are directly employed by the Malaysian palm oil industry in both high-skilled and low-skilled jobs. ...
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Malaysian palm oil industry hopes to export up to 6 million tonnes of palm oil to India,its largest market share. With a population of 1.2 billion, the country requires a continuous supply of Malaysian palm oil....
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Malaysia currently accounts for 39 % of world palm oil production and 44% of world exports. If taken into account of other oils & fats produced in the country, Malaysia accounts for 12% and 27% of the world's total production....
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In response to the urgent and pressing global call for sustainably produced palm oil, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was formed in 2004 with the objective of promoting the growth and use of sustainable oil palm products throug...
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Palm oil products also find wide applications in the non-food sector, especially in the production of soaps and detergents, pharmaceutical products, cosmetics and oleochemical products....
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