https://poeb.mpob.gov.my Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:13:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/declining-trends-in-oil-extraction-rate-oer-are-we-facing-an-impasse/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:13:29 +0000 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/index.php/2020/03/29/declining-trends-in-oil-extraction-rate-oer-are-we-facing-an-impasse/ Are we facing an impasse in our drive for an increase in productivity? All the efforts taken to ensure that only good quality crop is delivered to the mill do not seem to have made any significant impact in achieving the goals. There are limitations in what human beings can do as many contributing factors for increased production are beyond human control. While oil loss, harvesting ripe crop and trash control are manageable by human effort, climatic conditions, weevil activity, inflorescence sex ratio etc. fall under the domain of mother nature, where we have little control. Many papers have been presented on all the possible areas where oil losses can take place leading eventually to a decline in the oil extraction rate (OER). They were written by different authors representing different plantation agencies and as a result they were not fully integrated to give the operational people a holistic view for them to effectively enforce them. The agronomists, planters and millers often present their views from different angles that may confuse the owners or the Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of companies who would be unable to make the right decision to benefit the company as a whole.

]]> 1053 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/process-review-part-2/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:13:29 +0000 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/index.php/2020/03/29/process-review-part-2/ Introduction: This is the second review of the Mongana Report. It is rather unfortunate that a repetition of the Mongana trials were not attempted by any organization to match the great contributions of the team of scientists who spent four years under the Cooperative Board financed by the Institute for the Advancement of Scientific Research in Industry and Agriculture (IRSIA). The research work touched on every aspect of palm oil milling process. Probably the major palm oil producers should set up a joint international oil palm research university located either in Malaysia or Indonesia to further advance the milling process that seem to be getting insufficient attention compared to downstream activities. It can be financed by all the palm oil producing nations. It will be interesting to review the comments made by the Board in the preface of the Mongana Report: ‘The Board of the Cooperative Society thought that the collation in one single text of the conclusions available from the four years of research would be of value to members. The Board also thanks the members of the research committee and their collaborators of the Mongana pilot plant and of the Brussels laboratory. Their dedication and hard work have made it possible to produce practical results of immense value’. The assignment was completed by 31 December 1955. It is worthwhile to repeat the trials using modern technology. If that is not forthcoming then the best alternative would be to document the additions or improvements.

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