Telangana Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao urged the Centre to reverse its crude palm oil import duty cut, warning it could depress...
Nagaland launched its 2026-27 Mega Oil Palm Plantation Drive under NMEO-OP, targeting 15,000 hectares. The initiative aims to boost farmer incomes, reduce...
Guwahati: Assam has achieved 99.5% of its oil palm plantation target for the previous month and set a target of bringing 20,000...
India’s NMEO-OP has expanded oil palm cultivation by 2.73 lakh hectares between FY2021-22 and FY2025-26, taking the country’s cumulative oil palm area...
India brought 273,302 hectares under oil palm cultivation through NMEO-OP by 2025-26, achieving only 42% of the 650,000-hectare target. Telangana and Andhra...
NMEO-OP’s next phase should prioritize irrigation-first implementation, effective productive area expansion and outcome-based monitoring rather than merely increasing planted hectares. Measuring irrigation...
Indonesia’s tighter palm oil export controls are accelerating India’s NMEO-OP programme. With oil palm plantations nearing the 650,000-hectare target, India aims to...
India has achieved 98% of its NMEO-OP oil palm plantation target, expanding to 640,000 hectares by March 2026. Higher domestic palm oil...
India is accelerating oil palm cultivation under the NMEO-OP mission to reduce edible oil imports. However, industry experts warn that long-term success...