Error, click for more details
Click to see notifications
Error, click for more details
Error
The specified file temporary://fileYeLx6h could not be copied, because the destination directory is not properly configured. This may be caused by a problem with file or directory permissions. More information is available in the system log.

Palm plantations

ipsita's picture
Submitted by ipsita on Tue, 1992-06-30 00:00

PALM OIL will be the cooking medium of the future in India, if the Regional Research Laboratory at Thiruvananthapuram is to be taken seriously. It has developed a machine which can process 1,000 kg of palm fruit per hour. The process technology covers fruit harvesting, stripping, oil extraction and purification. To feed such machines, agricultural scientists have identified 500,000 ha of land in three states which can be put under palm cultivation. The bonus is that palm oil extracted from a certain species of the plant is extremely rich in Vitamin A.

Main Topic: 
Environment
thesaurus: 
Oil Palm
Edible Oils
Technology
Research
Thiruvananthapuram (D)
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
Clipping Type: 
External URL: 
Main Type: 
dte
Publication Date: 
29/06/1992