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Oil palm cultivation can be expanded while sparing biodiversity in India

  • palm oil picture palm oil mill in India
  • palm oil picture palm oil mill in India
  • palm oil picture palm oil mill in India
  • palm oil picture palm oil mill in India

India’s path to sustainable oil palm production Nature Food

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As India eyes domestic palm oil growth

National Mission on Edible Oil- Oil Palm Oil

  • How much palm oil does India produce?
  • In 2019–20, India produced 270,000 tonnes of palm oil from 350,000 hectares of plantations. The mission aims to increase this to 1.12 million tonnes across 1 million hectares by 2025–26, and to 2.8 million tonnes across 6.6 million hectares by 2030. But progress has been slow.
  • How will nmeo-op affect oil palm cultivation in India?
  • With the Indian government's announcement of more than 1.4 billion USD to promote oil palm cultivation in the country under the NMEO-OP, the area under oil palm cultivation is projected to increase by more than three folds to a million hectares, and the production of crude palm oil to 1.125 million tonnes by 2025-26.
  • Which state is the largest producer of palm oil in India?
  • Hussain said that, with such risks in mind, “the experience of farmers in states like Andhra Pradesh and Telangana [where oil palm cultivation has taken off] will be keenly watched,” At around 300,000 tonnes of palm oil per year, the state of Andhra Pradesh is the country’s largest palm oil producer.
  • How big is the palm oil potential in India?
  • According to the official data, the total palm oil potential area in India is about 1.93 million hectares spread across 19 states but the actual coverage is about 349,000 hectares (upto October 2019) in 16 states. Of that, the approximate fruiting area is 135,000 hectares in eight states.

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