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Composting organic waste is a wellknown practice for converting solid wastes into a useful fertilizer. Organic wastes represent a substantial amount of the community and agricultural wastes which include green waste, sewage sludge, food processing waste and palm oil milling wastes. In composting, there may be problems with stench, leachate, vermin and fl ies in … Read more

There is increasing interest to use oil palm empty fruit bunches (EFB) to make pulp and paper in Malaysia. With its large cultivation of oil palm, EFB is amply available (an estimated 5 million tonnes a year, dry weight). As a cellulosic material of oil palm, it can be used to make pulp without depleting … Read more

Malaysia is the world’s second producer of palm oil with 4.3 million hectares of the crop producing 15.9 million tonnes of the oil. As the crop is grown in a cycle of 25 – 30 years, it is estimated that more than 70 000 ha will have to be replanted every year, requiring the felling … Read more

Our research shows that high levels of tocotrienols in the breast were associated with lower incidence of breast cancer. Oral administration of tocotrienols however ends up with poor uptake into the blood. We have therefore developed an alternative method of delivering tocotrienols to the breast via transdermal application. Main Research: Dr. Kalanithi Nesaretnam

MPOB-HIE is formulated with 100% Malaysian refined, bleached and deodorized (RBD) palm products. It is scientifically designed and formulated to replace crude palm oil (CPO) in the manufacture of total mixed rations (TMR) for finisher broilers. Main Research: Dr. Osman Atil