The Palm Oil

Oil palm, Elaeis guineensis, was introduced to Malaya in 1870 from West Africa. This hardy crop starts bearing fruit within 2 1/2 to 3 years and keeps bearing fruit for up to 25 years, making it the longest yielding crop in the world.

The fleshy outer layer produces crude palm oil and the seed yields palm kernel oil.

Palm oil is used in a variety of industries from the commercial manufacturing of food and beauty products to the manufacturing of non-food products.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

New Books on Palm Oil

Oil Palm: Cultivation, Production and Dietary Components

Cultivation of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq) has expanded tremendously in recent years such that it has now become a major source of the world supply of vegetable oil, and is one of the most important tree crops in the humid tropics, with its main centre of production in Southeast Asia. Oil palm is the world's most productive oil crop and is, in addition very versatile, producing two distinct oils, mescocarp (palm) oil and palm kernel oil, which find a variety of food and non-food applications as fertilisers, soil conditioners and as a source of fuel. This book presents topical research data in the study of oil palm, including the potential of gas chromatography fingerprinting of palm oil; palm oil in the implication of cardiovascular disease; the integral use of palm oil in the production of biodiesel fuel; and, oil palm biomass and its applications. 

Click here to preorder Oil Palm: Cultivation, Production and Dietary Components 


Handbook Of Industrial Crops (Food Products Series) Handbook Of Industrial Crops (Food Products Series) 

A handy guide on crops of international importance The Handbook of Industrial Crops is a comprehensive exploration of 12 important agricultural components of economy and export trade. The book examines the aspects of cultivation and trade in addition to the available information on the evolution and adaptation of each agricultural crop. With this extensive resource, you get detailed, up-to-date information on each species’ origin and botany, cultivation and harvest, and prospective future of available production and demand to set you up for higher production and sales. 

Click here to order : Handbook Of Industrial Crops (Food Products Series) 





Other Books (Click the image below)

The Palm Oil MiracleThe Oil Palm (World Agriculture Series)Biotechnology of Fruit and Nut Crops (Biotechnology in Agriculture Series)Vegetable Oils in Food Technology: Composition, Properties, and Uses (Sheffield Chemistry and Technology of Oils and Fats)Edible Oil Processing (Sheffield Chemistry and Technology of Oils and Fats)

Monday, July 25, 2011

Palm Oil Processing Books


Title:Small-Scale Palm Oil Processing in Africa (Fao Agricultural Services Bulletin,)
Author: Kwasi Poku FAO Consultant Ghana

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Language: English
Year: 2002
Internet Version: http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/Y4355E/Y4355E00.HTM