Godrej Agrovet’s oil palm plantation drive boosts sustainable farming in Andhra Pradesh
Godrej Agrovet Ltd. (GAVL) organised an oil palm plantation drive on Thursday in Chintampalli, Andhra Pradesh. The event was attended by 200 farmers from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Agriculture Commissioner P K Singh, MP from Eluru, Kothagiri Sridhar, K Suresh, Director, ICAR- Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research (IIOPR) and Sougata Niyogi, CEO-Oil Palm Business, GAVL.
Agriculture Commissione P K Singh said, “The plantation drive, which coincided with the rainy season has received encouraging response from the oil palm processing companies and farmers. Covering approximately 3500 ha of the area and planting more than 5.00 lakh planting material during the drive, this will further assist us in achieving the target of bringing an additional area of 6.5 lakh ha. under oil palm production by 2025-26. Collaborating with players like Godrej, we are confident of enhancing productivity and creating sustainable income sources for the oil palm farmers”.
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