date:Aug 25, 2015
es less than 50% of its domestic edible oil requirements (Ministry of Agriculture, GoI 2011). So far, India has been importing cheap oil, simultaneously exporting the drastic and deleterious socio-economic and ecological impacts of oil palm to other developing countries.
Growing population is a positive factor for edible oil industry. But land availability for cultivation of oil seed crops is a challenge. There will be focus on growth in crop yields. Oil palm with the highest per hectare yield