Solid State Bioconversion of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches into Compost by Selected Microbes

• Main Author: Hadi Hassan, Hassan Abdel
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Agricultural wastes as fertilizer; Organic fertilizers; Compost - Biooxidative requirements
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10751/1/FK_2001_11.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10751/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The palm oil industry plays a major role in the economic development of several tropical countries. In processing oil palm fruit for oil extraction, palm oil mills produce a considerable amount of solid wastes in the form of fibres, nut shells and empty fruit bunches (EFB). For every 100 tonnes of f...