Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shobha Karandlaje on Monday emphasised the need to promote agriculture exports to facilitate doubling of farmers’ income within a fixed time frame. She assured that the Centre would consider the Telangana government’s request for extending cent per cent subsidy to encourage oil palm cultivation. Addressing […]
Hyderabad: Massive efforts are on to give a major thrust to oil palm cultivation and palm oil extraction in Telangana State with the State government all set to increase the area under oil palm cultivation from the present 50,000 acres to almost two lakh acres, a four-fold jump to bridge the gap between demand and […]
Niranjan Reddy wrote a letter to the Union Finance Minister emphasising the need to promote the cultivation of oil crops and achieve self-sustenance in edible oil production
Though the district was permitted to cultivate oil palm in 50,000 acre, the Horticulture officer said the plantation will be taken up in a phased manner.
Reviewing oil palm cultivation at the Telangana Horticulture Training Institute (THTI) here, Niranjan Reddy said Telangana had set a target to take up cultivation in 8.14 lakh acres in the next four years and if necessary, seed that yield more oil should be imported.
The Minister held a high-level meeting with the State level bankers meeting at Horticultural Training Centre here on Monday, and discussed with them about the State government's plans to promote the oil palm cultivation in the State on a large scale.
