Review on Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) collector mechanization in Malaysia oil palm plantation field / Masro Masag

Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) was largest cultivated in Malaysia land included Borneo Sabah and Sarawak. The increased of cultivation oil palm area was introduced Malaysia as a second largest palm oil producer in the world. Increasing of land usage for cultivation oil palm was increased the worker demand and the production cost. The adopted of farm mechanization technology especially for collecting and evacuation FFB reduced the manpower dependency and increase the productivity of the worker. Mechanization was developed for evacuated oil palm FFB such as Mini Tractor Grabber (MTG), Mechanical Buffalo (Badang), Mobile Bunch Catcher (MBC), Three-wheeler evacuation machine and many more. Each mechanization was shown their performance and productivity in-field operation. The particular land condition in Malaysia also was considered for designing the machine to suit on topography and soil condition in-field. Based on journal published, the MTG was commonly used in oil palm plantation field. This is because based on the performance of MTG in-field operation and others function such as spraying herbicide, manuring, and transportation for workers

Fire Briquette Enterprise / Masro Masag...[et.al]

Nowadays, our country faces with the biomass waste problems left in the agricultural activity either from industrial crop or secondary crop. In conjunction, to solved it, in our effort to minimize the amount of the waste and avoid it from pollute our eco-system, we need to find away to use the biomass as a source of energy or reusable products. Oil palm kernel shell biomass is one of the biomass that produce from the palm oil industry. It is a product that form after the process production of palm oil in the factory. Fire Briquette Enterprise is one of the company that has been established with the purpose to minimize the biomass leftover from the industry then form it into the reusable product as a charcoal and deodorizer. The priority of our company is to produce a product that is environmental friendly that produce less pollution than normal product in the market. Our product formulated with natural ingredients (palm kernel shell). This product can promote a healthy environment, less pollution around us. We had chosen Lot 43, Jalan Teratai, KM5 off Jalan Meru, 41050 Klang, Selangor as our business location because it is a strategic trade area and nearby to the residential area. It will facilitate and easier for consumers and other buyers to purchase our product. Our target market is from food industry (grill industry, traditional dishes),convenience store, outdoor camping shop, art industry (blacksmith, goldsmith, keris maker) and medicine industry (charcoal tablet). We innovate this product in order to fulfill demand from government in effort to reduce environment pollution. The aim of production of the product is to upgrade from the normal charcoal (wood, coconut shell) that already in the market by enhancing the quality and the features. Our company's target is to get profit of market about 10% for first year we enter the market and continue to increase to 10% for year after.In operating this business, our company, Fire Briquette Enterprise, will be managed by board of directors team which is organized by General Manager (GM), Admin Manager (AM),Marketing Manager (MM), Operation Manager (OM) and Financial Manager (FM) and Assistant Financial Manager (AAM) to ensure the business run smoothly and on a right track. The board has their own functions and talents which make them able to work effectively. A lawful agreement had been made between us, in front of the lawyer. The reason for this agreement is to make sure that all the business operation goes according to the schedule towards grasping our company goal