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The MPOB supports the development of new products including biodiesel [7] and alternate uses for palm biomass, the organic waste produced when processing oil palm trees.The research into biomass has led to the development of wood and paper products, fertilisers, bioenergy sources, polyethylene sheeting for use in vehicles and other products made of palm biomass.
[1] [2] The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is a government agency responsible for the promotion and development of the palm oil sector in the country. The country's palm oil industry produces about 90 million tonnes of lignocellulosic biomass , including empty fruit bunches, oil palm trunks, and oil palm fronds, as well as palm oil mill ...
The Ministry of Plantation and Commodities (Malay: Kementerian Perladangan dan Komoditi; Jawi: كمنترين ڤرلاداڠن دان كومودتي ) is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for overseeing the development of the main commodities of Malaysia which are palm oil, rubber, timber, furniture, cocoa, pepper, kenaf and tobacco.
Palm oil block showing the lighter color that results from boiling. Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of oil palms. [1] The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 36% of global oils produced from oil crops in 2014. [2]
File information Description English: The logo of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board, a government agency responsible for the promotion and development of the palm oil industry in Malaysia.
Wan Khair-il Anuar was also appointed as Chairman of Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB). [5] He has also been a board member of Damansara Realty Berhad, a public listed company. Wan Khair-il Anuar was inducted into various professional organizations.
In 1979, Basiron joined the Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (PORIM) and later became their director-general in 1992. He continued to serve as director-general of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) when it was formed in April 2000, through a merger of PORIM and the Palm Oil Registration and Licensing Authority (PORLA).
Malaysia's oil palm average yield for the last 20 years has been stagnant at four tonnes per hectare per year. [9] Nestlé stopped buying palm oil from IOI in 2016. [10] The United Nations Environment Programme says palm oil production is the leading cause of deforestation, which is occurring at a rate of about two per cent per year.