This document discusses quality control in the oil palm farming and production process. It outlines best practices for picking mature fruits, boiling nuts within 7 days, sun drying on clean mats, and storing in well-ventilated warehouses. It identifies factors that impact quality like moisture level, FFA percentage, fungal infection, admixture percentage, and oil content. High moisture can reduce plant efficiency and increase energy consumption. High FFA and admixture lead to increased costs. It recommends training all players in total quality management from farm to consumer and investing in women's networks to drive knowledge transfer through edutainment.

1. GSA Conference, Abuja 2013
Prince Obeng Asante

2. QUALITY
Energy
Oil
Yield
Up
Time
Oil
Colour

3. Farm
Gate
• Picking Matured Fruits
• Boiling of Nuts within 7 Days
Packaging
• Sun dry on cleaned mats with good air circulation
• Use of Jute Sacks instead of PP woven Sacks
Storage
• Well Ventilated Warehouse
• Fumigated Warehouse
• Use of Pallets

4. GOOD QUALITY
NUTS
BAD QUALITY
NUTS

5.  Moisture %
 FFA%
 Fungi Infection
 Admixture %
 Oil Content %

6.  Moisture
 Poor Plant Efficiency
 More Energy Consumption per Ton
 Loss of Weight = Loss of Value to the business
 FFA
 GSM Syndrome
 More Consumption of Energy during Fractionation
and Refining

7.  Admixture (Sand, Leaves, Gravel + Metals)
 Loss of Value
 High Production Cost (Down Time and Spare Parts)

8. •Poor Oil Yield
•High
Production Cost
•Loss of Value

9.  All Player in the Value Chain should be
trained to adopt the best practices in
Total Quality Management (TQM)
 Total Quality Management is a Win for
All, from Farm Gate to the Final
Consumer
 Invest in Women Network as the Spring
Board for TQM
 Adopt Edutainment as a Working Tool to drive
Knowledge Transfer