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Describe fully the stages involved in Palm oil production from harvesting to marketing.

Describe fully the stages involved in Palm oil production from harvesting to marketing.

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Samuel
-The ripe fruit is cut using curved knives/ pangas/ chisel/ hooks
-Fruits are carried in baskets or on poles to lorries for transportation to
the factory.
-Fruits are transported quickly to the processing factory.
- The fruits are weighed.
-They are off-loaded into tube-like cages or trucks.
-Fruits are passed through hot steam to arrest acid development/ they are sterilised.
-The fruits are stripped off the stalks and other unwanted materials.
-The fruits are put in digesters for further cooking to soften them into pulp.
-The pulp is separated from the kernel.
-The pulp is passed through oil-extracting machines.
-The kernels are then crushed to remove shells and extract oil.

otienosam answered the question on June 25, 2019 at 16:35

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