Month: February 2020

More than 44,000 hectares of oil palm are due for replanting in 1993/1994. This would involve the felling of approximately 6 million palms. In  addition to the palm fronds available at replanting, fronds are also obtained from pruning during the harvesting fresh fruit brunches. In line with its mission, PORIM’s R&D efforts are geared towards … Read more

To maintain good productivity, oil palm as a perennial plantation crop has a high requirement for major nutrients. However, in practice P fertilizers are applied in much smaller amounts relative to other nutrients such as nitrogen and potassium. With the current planting of high yielding palms, improved agro-management practices, and increase in the use of … Read more

The terms palm oil mill effluent and palm oil sludge, and their acronyms POME and POS, are used interchangeably to refer to wastewater discharge from palm oil mills. Currently a miscellany of other terms are in use, based on the physical characteristics of the products, their ultimate use, and their capacity for polluting the environment. … Read more

Palm oil is one of the richest natural plant source of carotenes with the concentration from 500-700 ppm. The production of palm oil in 1992 was 6.4 million tonnes and it is projected that Malaysian production will reach over 8 million tonnes by the year 2000. Hence the potential availability of carotenes in the year … Read more

The Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (PORIM) provides two services to the Malaysian palm oil industry which are directly related to quality assurance. First, in colaboration with the American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS), annual analytical crosschecks are carried out between laboratories termed the AOCS Smalley Check Sample Programme (for palm oil). In addition, PORIM … Read more

From breakfast to a midnight snack, from starter to dessert, and from a Sunday brunch to festive delicacies, there are a host of opportunities for you to serve baked items right through the day and right through the year. Bakery products include breads, rolls, cakes, biscuits/cookies, pudding and various types of pastries. Some examples of … Read more

Basal Stem Rot (BSR) caused by Ganoderma boninense is the most serious disease of oil palm in Malaysia. Isolation of the pathogen from diseased tissues, espcecially from infected roots, is difficult due to heavy contamination by soil inhabiting bacteria and fungi. It is important, therefore, that a medium selective for this fungus be developed to facilitate various … Read more

Palm oil-based printing ink is a recent innovation of a collaborative research project between Coates Brothers (M) Sdn Bhd and the Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (PORIM). Begun in the middle of 1990, the project has gone through the usual stages of laboratory formulation and testing, through pilot plant production to final testing of … Read more

Vision 2020 calls for more efforts towards an industrialised economy in Malaysia. One agreed strategy is to explore more down-stream possibilities for our many natural resources through research and development (R&D). Recent research at the Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (PORIM) has indicated exciting possibilities for a new product from palm oil (PO). This … Read more

Oil palm plantations are highly dependent on manual labour. It has been estimated that, on the average, about 50 man-days are required per hectare. In recent years the agricultural sector of the industry has experienced labour shortage problems. As a result numerous operations including harvesting, and other agronomic activities in the plantations have been significantly affected, … Read more