KARACHI: Pakistan’s southeastern Sindh province has successfully completed a pilot oil palm cultivation and extraction project, putting the country on the list of palm oil producers. An oil extraction facility at the site of the pilot oil palm plantation in the province’s southern Thatta district produced its first oil last week.
Is there oil in a palm plantation in Sindh?
An oil palm from Sindh’s plantation in Thatta on July 24, 2020. The oil content of the plantation’s palm fruit is 2 percent higher than the world average. (Photo courtesy: Sindh’s Environment, Climate Change and Coastal Development)
Can palm oil industry benefit from more chemical engineers?
POPSIG was set up with the view that the palm oil industry can benefit from more chemical engineers working in the industry. This is evident in the downstream oleochemical sector where the majority of chemical engineers in the palm oil industry work.
Is palm oil extraction a good idea in Sindh?
“The palm oil extraction is being done as a test run at the moment and the results are wonderful and very encouraging,” Muhammad Aslam Ghouri, secretary of Sindh’s Environment, Climate Change and Coastal Development which is running the project, told Arab News on Friday.
Where is a pilot oil palm plantation in Sindh?
The site of a pilot oil palm plantation in Sindh’s Thatta district on July 24, 2020. (Photo courtesy: Sindh’s Environment, Climate Change and Coastal Development) Oil content of palm fruit from Sindh’s plantation in Thatta is 2 percent higher than the world average
Is palm oil sustainable?
Palm oil is one of four major seed oils but it is the only one subjected to such intense scrutiny and sustainability standards. About half of the palm oil is produced not by large plantations but by smallholders. Smallholders generally lack access to expertise, capacity building and infrastructure for sustainable practices.