plant scale palm oil production in india

   
plant scale palm oil production  in india
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • plant scale palm oil production  in india
  • How much palm oil does India produce?
  • In 2019¨C20, 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¨C26, and to 2.8 million tonnes across 6.6 million hectares by 2030. But progress has been slow.
  • How much palm oil will India produce by 2025-26?
  • India currently produces palm oil on more than 3,00,000 hectares of land and plans to cover an additional area of 6,50,000 hectares by 2025-26. But, the palm oil mission proposes to cover an additional area of 6.5 lakh hectares by 2025-26 to increase crude palm oil (CPO) production to 11.2 lakh tonnes by 2025-26 and up to 28 lakh tonnes by 2029-30.
  • 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.
  • Where is palm oil grown in India?
  • The government has also announced that ecologically sensitive northeastern states and eastern archipelago of the Andaman and Nicobar islands will be used for cultivation of the oil. India currently produces palm oil on more than 3,00,000 hectares of land and plans to cover an additional area of 6,50,000 hectares by 2025-26.