Agriculture Minister K. Kannababu has asked the officials to encourage cultivation of oil palm under borewells instead of paddy.
At a review meeting of the Horticulture Department on Wednesday, the Minister suggested to the officials to identify the dryland areas to encourage oil palm cultivation.
“A committee of experts may be constituted for mapping the same. Andhra Pradesh stands first in oil palm cultivation with 1.32 lakh farmers cultivating it in 1.81 lakh hectares,” he said.
