By-products of the food and milling industries are mostly used as animal feeds and this is typically so with the case of palm kernel cake obtained from oil palm industry in Malaysia. Rubberseed cake can also be used as animal feed but due to the difficulty in collecting the seeds from the rubber estates, its […]

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The oil palm industry in Malaysia has grown phenomenally in the last 30 years. The area planted increased from 55 000 hectares in 1960 to 2.3 million hectares 1994. Oil palm has been planted on land previously occupied by forest, ruber or other crops or on reclaimed land. Currently there are 274 palm oil mills, […]

The oil palm planted area in Malaysia grew tremendously during the past few decades. There has been a corresponding increase in the production and exports of palm oil. Earnings from palm oil increased during this period, clearly indicating the good performance of the industry. the performance cab be analysed by measuring several indicator variables and […]

Main Researcher: Noor Lida Habi Mat Dian