Palm oil physical refining process(1)
Palm oil physical refining process can be divided into 3 parts: pretreatment process, steam refining and deodorization process, and fractionation....
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Oil palm farm systems in Africa
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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Early trading in palm products
International trade in palm oil began at the turn of the nineteenth century, while that of palm kernels developed only after 1832. Palm oil became the principal cargo for slave ships after abolition of the slave trade. The establishment of t...
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