The State government’s efforts to promote oil palm cultivation in a big way appears to be gaining traction in the erstwhile composite Karimnagar district, with scores of farmers evincing interest in growing the edible oil crop.
In line with the government’s thrust on encouraging crop diversification, the Horticulture department recently organised a series of exposure visits for local farmers to Aswaraopeta, the hub of oil palm cultivation in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district.
The department has also organised awareness programmes in the old undivided Karimnagar district to highlight the potential of oil palm crop to provide sustainable income for farmers. The government’s budgetary support and subsidies for cultivation created a renewed interest among a section of farmers.
