Glimpses of milling visions
MENON, N RaviIt will be interesting to visualize what is in store for the palm oil industry and the milling technology in the year, say 2060, about 50 years from now. The first question is whether the palms will be still stretching throughout our entire landscape virtually displacing any other crop as it is now. The demand for edible oil will certainly rise and as the land bank remains static, the only change we can forecast is increased yield per hectare by using high technology but even here there must be limits on yield. Might as well leave this to the biologist and biotechnologists as this is not meant for the engineers.
Tags: FUTURE TRADING, PALM OIL AND OIL PALM INDUSTRY, PALM OIL MILLS, PALM OIL-Processing & Milling, MARKET DEVELOPMENT, MPOB PUBLICATIONS
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