10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OIL PALM»
Discover the use of
oil palm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
oil palm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
The book traces the origins and progress of the industry, and describes the basic science underlying the physiology, breeding and nutrition of the oil palm.
R. H. V. Corley, P. B. H. Tinker, 2008
2
Small-scale
Palm Oil Processing in Africa
This publication provides information on the processing of palm oil fruits for the extraction of palm oil and palm kernel oil by small-scale mills in Africa.
3
The Encyclopedia of Fruit and Nuts
Elaeis guineensis oil palm The oil palm, Elaeis guineensis Jacq. (Arecaceae), is
an economically important crop to many third world countries in the humid tropics
. It is the highest yielding and a highly profitable oil crop and is relatively easy to ...
Jules Janick, Robert E. Paull, 2008
4
Root Diseases and Soil-borne Pathogens
Compared with a number of other crops, the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is
susceptible to comparatively few diseases, although disease incidence varies
from country to country (Turner and Bull, 1967). The aim, however, of agricultural
...
T. A. Toussoun, Robert V. Bega, Paul E. Nelson, 1970
5
3rd Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Biomedical ...
Abstract— The wastes derived from oil palm industries are generated every year
and becoming a great concern, consequently, an urgent development of bio-
composting process has been investigated. Bio-composting is an environmental
...
F. Ibrahim, N.A. Abu Osman, J. Usman, 2007
6
Biotechnology of Fruit and Nut Crops
Shah, F.H. and Nyuk, L.S. (1996) Use of microsatellites in the determination of
genetic variation and genetic relationship between various oil palm populations.
In: Proceedings of the 1996 Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (PORIM) ...
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Ganoderma Diseases of Perennial Crops
A Control Strategy for Basal 6 Stem Rot (Ganoderma) on Oil Palm H. Soepena,
R.Y. Purba and S. Pawirosukarto Indonesian Oil Palm Research Institute (IOPRI),
JI. Brigjen Katamso 51, Medan, Indonesia Introduction Basal stem rot (BSR) ...
J. Flood, P. D. Bridge, M. Holderness, 2000
Soh, A.C. (1999) Breeding plans and selection methods in oil palm. In: N.
Rajanaidu and B.S. Jalani (Eds.), Proceedings of the Symposium on The Science
of Oil Palm Breeding. Palm Oil Res. Inst. Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 65–95.
Soh ...
Johann Vollmann, Istvan Rajcan, 2009
9
Commerce and Economic Change in West Africa: The
Palm Oil ...
An authoritative and comprehensive study of the palm oil trade.
10
Soil Fertility Decline in the Tropics: With Case Studies on ...
On oil palm plantations soil erosion is checked by early cover crop establishment,
strategic placement and treatment of pruned fronds and old palm trunks after
felling, terracing, construction of silt pits, and mulching with empty fruit bunches ...
Alfred E. Hartemink, 2003
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OIL PALM»
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oil palm is used in the context of the following news items.
Uganda's farmers battle palm oil Goliaths for land
The palm oil project is being carried out by Oil Palm Uganda, a subsidiary of local food producer Bidco Uganda. Bidco in turn is a joint venture ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
'The next gold of Ghana is palm oil'
He said the oil palm sub sector could easily be developed into a key foreign exchange earner and job creator to improve the livelihoods of ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
Ministry of Commerce to continue palm oil price intervention scheme
Chatchai Sarikulya insisted that intervention buying is necessary to help oil palm growers, although a number of refineries are beginning to ... «Pattaya Mail, Jul 15»
Averting palm oil devastation in Latin America
What do soap, Ben & Jerry's and Kit Kat bars have in common? They all contain palm oil — produced by the oil palm tree. Native to West Africa, ... «GreenBiz, Jul 15»
Farmers Plan Oil Palm Boycott
Kalangala — A section of farmers on Bugala Island engaging in oil palm growing have threatened to cut down their plantations, claiming that ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
Wilmar accused of Nigerian 'land grab' for palm oil
A youth leader who lives near one of Wilmar's Nigerian oil palm projects shows an alternative water hole the community has dug as a result of ... «Mongabay.com, Jul 15»
Moratoria beat certification to reduce deforestation for soy, palm oil …
Oil palm plantation in Papua, Indonesia. The country lost 1 million hectares of forest cover in 2013, according to one estimate. Photo credit: ... «Mongabay.com, Jul 15»
Coconut or oil palm? We can have both
There is a continuing debate regarding coconut and oil palm planting in the Philippines. I refer to the conflict between supporters of the two ... «BusinessWorld Online Edition, Jul 15»
Comment: Oil palm and its profitability
Oil palm is one crop, which has been very useful in the economic development of many farmers in Ghana. Indeed in 1983, when most cocoa ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
Oil palm growers push for protection
Government needs to urgently introduce fiscal measures to protect the oil palm industry so as to attract investors and rural dwellers, oil palm ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
