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Oil palm farmers in Telangana are reeling from falling prices after import duties were slashed, pushing rates down 10%. With no MSP, rising costs, poor saplings, and logistical issues, farmers warn they may abandon cultivation without immediate support
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Just as the Siddipet farmers started going for the first harvest of their palm oil crop, the price of oil palm per tonne has increased from Rs.13,000 to Rs.19,000.
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This decision was intended to boost the income of oil palm farmers who have been at the receiving end due to rise in the oil palm imports for the past few years.
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The cultivation of oil palm is spread in Siddipet, Gajwel, Dubbak, Husnabad and Jangon constituencies in the district.
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948 farmers have already cultivated oil palm in about 3,200 acres in Warangal district.
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Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said the current conditions were amiable for oil palm cultivation in the State which has set a fresh target of 2.3 lakh acres during this year
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Telangana government was giving up to 100 per cent subsidy to farmers with up to 12.5 acres, a large number of farmers were coming forward to cultivate oil palm
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So far, oil palm cultivation has been taken up in 12,000 acres of land and steps are being taken to grow oil palm in the remaining 4860 acres of land, district Collector Anudeep Durishetty said.
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Telangana Chief Secretary requested the Malaysia delegation members to assist in speedy clearances for germinated seeds shipments being supplied by Malaysian companies.
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Many farmers in Mancherial district are shifting to alternative crops as advised by the State government in the wake of the Centre’s disinterest to procure paddy.
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Collector RV Karnan informed that they have fixed a target to cultivate oil palm in 11,400 acres in the district this year.
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A delegation of Telangana Palm Oil Farmers Welfare Association and farmers from Aswaraopet, Dammapet and Sathupalli areas called on the TRS Lok Sabha floor leader and Khammam MP Nama Nageswara Rao here on Sunday and submitted a memorandum.
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Mahabubabad: Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao distributed the saplings of the oil palm to the selected farmers at the Haripirala village of Thorrur mandal in the district on Saturday. He has visited the oil palm nursery along with the District Collector K Shashanka and other officials, and interacted with the management […]
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Hyderabad: Stating that Telangana Government was extending subsidy to the tune of Rs.49,800 per acre for cultivation of oil palm, Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy appealed to the farmers not to fall prey for the baseless reports published in a few sections of the media that State Government was abolishing subsidy on the crop cultivation. […]
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Adilabad: Collector Sikta Patnaik advised farmers to follow suggestions of experts in cultivating oil palm trees and to grow financially. She visited an oil palm nursery at Madanapur village in Talamadugu mandal on Friday. Sikta said that 68,400 oil palm saplings were readied for planting in 1,368 acres under first phase and 125,400 saplings meant […]
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Bhupalpally/Warangal: The officials of the Horticulture are encouraging the farmers to cultivate the oil palm in 7,450 acres for the year 2022-23 in the district. To achieve this target, District Collector Bhavesh Mishra convened a meeting with the officials of the Horticulture, Suven Agro and MI Agro companies a couple of days ago and chalked […]
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Hyderabad: With the demand for palm oil increasing significantly, the Telangana government aims to increase oil palm cultivation in the State by over three-folds — from the existing 62,000 acres to two lakh acres by next February. For this, the government has allocated a Rs 1,000-crore outlay in the current budget. Currently, the Telangana State […]
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Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao has said that 40,000 Oil Palm sprouts were bought from Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand countries to Telangana as the State aims to meet the target of cultivating Oil Palm in over 50,000 acres in Siddipet district in the next few years. Addressing the Oil Palm farmers during a programme […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana has doubled its efforts to cultivate oil palm in an ambitious 30 lakh acres over the next five years i.e. by 2025-26 as against the national target of 70 lakh acres. Owing to scope and advantages of oil palm crop, the State government is planning to promote the crop cultivation on a mission […]
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Hyderabad: State Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy on Tuesday urged the Central government to increase the indicative cost on drip irrigation from the current Rs 27,304 per hectare under PMKSY to Rs 50,000 to Rs 55,000 per hectare for cultivating oil palm. Stating that the Telangana government was promoting oil palm cultivation as part of […]
