New Delhi, July 18 -- The Centre for Responsible Business (CRB), Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), and National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NI-MSME) organised a stakeholder dialogue on sustainable palm oil development in Hyderabad.

Over 60 participants from government agencies, farmer organisations, industry, and civil society discussed the future of palm oil production in Telangana and India.

Telangana produced over 53,000 metric tonnes of crude palm oil in 2023, operating 14 processing facilities, 44 nurseries, and 2.55 lakh acres under cultivation across 31 districts.

The state is positioned to lead India's sustainable palm oil development under the National Mission on Edible Oil - Oil Palm (NMEO-OP)....