small scale outdoor oil palm plant in india

   
small scale outdoor oil palm plant  in india
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • small scale outdoor oil palm plant  in india
  • Can India grow oil palm?
  • It constitutes 37% of edible oil demand in the country and 97% of demand for palm oil is met through imports. India has the potential to cultivate Oil Palm in 19.33 Lakh Ha. Despite being a smallholder crop for the last 30 years, only 3.5 lakh Ha (till Fiscal Year 20) has been converted to Oil Palm plantation. This is not very encouraging.
  • How many hectares are under oil palm cultivation in India?
  • As of March 2020,only 3.57 lakh Hectares is under oil palm cultivation. This is just 18.46% of the potential area brought under oil palm over 30 years. Andhra Pradesh & Telangana together contributed (1.95 lakh Ha. approx.) more than 54% of the total area planted under oil palm in India.
  • Is oil palm a biodiversity hotspot in India?
  • The land for oil palm cultivation in India has experienced a 30-fold increase since 1991 (with more than 100 kha in 2015). Recent expansion has been happening at the expense of forest-crop mosaics characterized by high ecological value and is now threatening biodiversity hotspots in northeast India.
  • Does India have a future for palm oil?
  • Yet the current expansion of oil palm in India is occurring at the expense of biodiversity-rich landscapes. Using a spatially explicit model, we show that at the national scale India appears to have viable options to satisfy its projected national demand for palm oil without compromising either its biodiversity or its food security.