Palm Oil Plantation

My Research

The third and last place we went to was the palm oil plantation. It is located in Johore Lama, now known as Kota Tinggi. Malaysia is the world's second largest palm oil producer, second only to Indonesia. In 2008, Malaysia produced 17.7 million tonnes of palm oil on 4.5 million hectares of land and employing more than 570,000 people. Malaysia is the second largest exporter of palm oil in the world, after Indonesia. About 60% of palm oil exports from Malaysia are shipped to China, the European Union, Pakistan, United States and India. They are mostly made intocooking oil and margarine. Palm oil edible plant oil derived from the fruits of palm trees. Palm oil is extracted from the pulp of the fruit of the oil palm; palm kernel oil is derived from the kernel (seed) of the oil palm and coconut oil is derived from the kernel of the coconut.

My reflection

I feel that the trip to the palm oil plantation was enriching and fun. I learnt lots of things that i would not have known if i had not went to the humanities Learning Journey. I learnt about how palm oil was produced and how to spot a better bunch of palm oil fruits by looking at the colour. The redder the colour of the bunch of the fruit, the better. There was a very strong smell at the factory. When i asked the tour guide where the strong smell was coming from, he told me it came from the factory where the palm oil was being produced.

Overall, I think that the trip was fun and very educational. I'm sure every student that went for the trip would agree.-Hariz(24) 2C