BHUBANESWAR: Keeping the rising prices of edible oils in mind, the Centre has taken steps to increase the oilseeds production in the country including Odisha. Sunflowers have been identified for area expansion. As many as 15 districts of Odisha have been chosen for this project.
These districts were Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Bhadrak, Balangir, Cuttack, Gajapati, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Puri, Deogarh and Sambalpur.
National Food Security Mission (NFSM) of the Centre has selected ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research (IIOR) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) to lead this activity and conduct large scale demonstrations of sunflower in paddy fallows.
