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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