Palm Oil Engineering Bulletin No.10 (Apr - Jun 1988) p6-10
Harvesting and infield transportation – Cost of harvesting and in-field transportation of FFB using mini-tractor and contractor
MALEK Mansoor
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Estates experiment with many ways of allocating labour and capital in order to increase productivity of harvesting and in-field collection of FFB, while reducing the cost of production. This article reports on the cost of the harvesting and mechanised in-field tranportation of FFB using mini-tractor and contractor.





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