July 2010
Barn owl is reared as a biological control to reduce population of rats in an oil palm field.
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June 2010
As oil palm is perennial, quality control at the early stage of planting is crucial. This is to ensure that only high quality oil palm trees are grown.
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May 2010
Empty fruit bunches and palm fruit shells can be used as fuel to generate heat and electricity in a palm oil mill. In certain parts of Malaysia, excess electricity generated by palm oil mills is supplied into the national gridlines.
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April 2010
Lumber from oil palm can be processed to produce furniture as value-added product. This enables the palm’s carbon to be permanently stored in the furniture, thus help mitigate climate change effect.
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March 2010
A common sight at an oil palm mill. A tractor is seen pushing FFBs at the background.
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February 2010
An efficient transport system is critical to transfer harvested FFBs immediately to a mill.
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January 2010
Mechanization is a way forward to increase productivity while reducing operational costs in oil palm plantation.
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December 2009
A trained worker knows the right time to harvest FFBs. This ensures the quality of palm oil is not affected.
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November 2009
Extensive R&D has resulted in a creation of a ‘dwarf’ oil palm. This clone gives the same level of productivity, if not higher, and makes harvesting of FFBs much easier.
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October 2009
The flowering plants planted along an oil palm row is a common feature in a plantation. These plants help reduce use of pesticides by providing home to predatory insects, which prey on oil palm’s pests.
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