Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Production of Palm Oil
Posted On:
10 DEC 2021 6:51PM by PIB Delhi
The State-wise and year-wise details of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) and the percentage share of Andhra Pradesh in the total production of CPO during last five years is given at Annexure-I.
As per ICAR-IIOPR, Oil Palm requires less water compared to crops like Rice, Banana and
Sugarcane for its optimum cultivation. Under the National Mission on Edible Oil-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP), emphasis has been given to promote micro irrigation and water conservation in oil palm for efficient water management and judicious use of water.
Oil Palm is not covered under One District One Product (ODOP) scheme.
The State-wise and year-wise details of Crude Palm Oil during last five years from 2016-17 to 2020-21
(Quantity in Metric Tons)
Sl.
No
|
State
|
2016-17
|
2017-18
|
2018-19
|
2019-20
|
2020-21
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh (AP)
|
190999
|
234696
|
232938
|
208359
|
240016
|
2
|
Goa
|
436
|
379
|
411
|
309
|
305
|
3
|
Karnataka
|
2051
|
2224
|
2280
|
2184
|
2734
|
4
|
Kerala
|
5989
|
5191
|
4857
|
4825
|
4281
|
5
|
Mizoram
|
603
|
648
|
625
|
535
|
675
|
6
|
Tamil Nadu
|
1194
|
938
|
1017
|
532
|
698
|
7
|
Telangana
|
8947
|
27274
|
37205
|
38050
|
39347
|
|
All India
|
210219
|
271349
|
279332
|
254794
|
288056
|
|
% share of AP
|
90.86
|
86.49
|
83.39
|
81.77
|
83.32
|
This information was given by Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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