Oil palm plantation drive underway across states; 7,000 ha to be covered
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): The state governments along with oil palm processing companies have initiated a mega plantation drive to further increase the area under oil palm cultivation in the country.
Three major oil palm processing companies — Patanjali Food Pvt. Ltd., Godrej Agrovet, and 3F — are actively promoting and participating with the farmers in their respective states for record area expansion, said a Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare release.
The mega plantation drive commenced on July 25 and will continue till August 12, 2023.
“The drive started on 25th of July 2023 in the Rest of India (RoI) states i.e., Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Goa, Karnataka, and will continue till 08-08-2023 and will cover an area of almost 7000-hectare area out of which more than 6500 ha is targeted to be covered by Andhra Pradesh and Telangana,” said the release.
