Date palm crop more profitable than sugarcane..!?

Apart from Kolar, Bagalkote and Vijayapur districts are followed by pomegranate, chickpea and banana crops. Palm oil is widely used as a food and industrial product and as a bioenergy fuel. This will improve the financial status of the farmers and enable them to lead a self-sufficient life. It is a minimum maintenance crop for up to 25 years. Indoor crop can also be grown in it: Vidhan Parishad Member PH Pujara. Member of Legislative Council P.H. Pujara said that palm crop, which is more imported than produced in the country, is more profitable than sugarcane crop. He said it would be more profitable to grow palm instead of sugarcane.

Apart from Kolar, Bagalkote and Vijayapur districts are followed by pomegranate, chickpea and banana crops. Palm oil is widely used as a food and industrial product and as a bioenergy fuel. This will improve the financial status of the farmers and enable them to lead a self-sufficient life. It is a minimum maintenance crop for up to 25 years. He said that internal crops can also be grown in this. district Collector K. M. Janaki, who presided, said that the palm crop can improve the economic status of farmers as well as maintain their health. Even if there is a new scheme for the district, pre-planning will be done. The problems data-faced by farmers are different from what scientists think about. Collectively, experience teaches. He said that the farmers should get the cooperation of the department and the companies for the palm crop to grow a good crop.

Dr. P. M. Sobarada, Additional director of Horticulture, Lalbagh, who spoke in the introduction, said that the importance of edible oil, which has a history of 50 years, is being used in our food. Our health can be known only through the use of oil. A person uses 20 kg of oil per year. In 1980, each person used only 7 kg of oil per year. He said that the reason for this is the consumption of raw materials.

Demand for oilseeds in the country has been higher than production. This is affecting the economy of the country. 26 MT consumption, 12 MT production. 68% of oil is imported from indonesia and Malaysia. Due to this, the health of the country is deteriorating along with the economy. He said that in Bagalkot and Yadgiri region of North Karnataka, climate and water are good and palm can be grown. On this occasion, Deputy Commissioner KM Janaki released CDs of success stories of farmers who were successful in palm cultivation. Dr. Sanjeevareddy Reddy, associate professor of Tovivi on palm cultivation, 3F oil Palm Pvt Ltd on palm crop marketing and contract in the technical conference. Chief srinivas Khilari informed.

GPM CEO Shasidhara Kurera, Horticulture university Chancellor Dr. nk Hegade, GPM Deputy Secretary N. Y. Basarigidada, Horticulture Deputy director Ravindra Hakate, Basavakumar of 3F oil Palm Private Limited and others were present in the program.