{"id":128502,"date":"2021-08-25T17:30:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=128502"},"modified":"2021-08-26T16:45:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T11:15:39","slug":"explore-unconventional-sources-of-edible-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explore-unconventional-sources-of-edible-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore unconventional sources of edible oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/opinion\/a-new-mission-121082500025_1.html\">Business Standard<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong>: Analysis of New Edible Oil mission<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>: The new edible oil mission launched by Central government offers both advantages and some issues. A brief look.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>In the backdrop of previous failed attempts to increase domestic oil seeds production, the government has recently set up Rs.11000 crore New Edible Oil Mission.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Why previous attempt failed?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The previous policies, most often, tended to over-protect consumer interests, disregarding those of the producers. Due to this, the supply deficit continued to soar, making India the world\u2019s largest importer of cooking oils.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>The need for a new mission<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Today, the country meets its 70% requirement of oils through shipments from abroad. These imports, in value terms, are now next only to those of petroleum products, which is creating a huge import burden.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f7f2f2;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Must Read<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-attempts-to-boost-oil-palm-farming-may-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why attempts to boost oil palm farming may work?<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5><strong>Activities under the mission<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Boost oilseed output<\/strong>&#8211; \u00a0mission would boost oilseeds output by providing the growers the needed inputs, technology, and know how<\/li>\n<li><strong>High yield and pest resistant varieties<\/strong>&#8211; Mini-kits of seeds of new high-yielding and disease- and pest-tolerant strains of various oilseed crops, including groundnut and soybean, are planned to be distributed to the farmers under the mission<\/li>\n<li><strong>Area expansion<\/strong>&#8211; Over 600,000 hectares of additional area is sought to be planted with oilseed crops in this season<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Issues with the mission<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Disturbing geology and ecosystem<\/strong>&#8211; The stress on encouraging oil palm cultivation in Northeastern states and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, seems technically correct since the agro-ecological conditions in these areas are conducive to cultivating oil palm. However, it is been promoted by clearing forest hence disturbing geology and ecosystem<\/li>\n<li><strong>Neglect of unconventional sources <\/strong>such as rice bran and cottonseeds. These products are available in abundance and are going almost untapped at present. The proposed oilseed mission should include these unconventional sources<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lack of assurance of remunerative returns<\/strong> and competition from cheap imports are not taken into account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Business Standard Relevance: Analysis of New Edible Oil mission Synopsis: The new edible oil mission launched by Central government offers both advantages and some issues. A brief look. Context In the backdrop of previous failed attempts to increase domestic oil seeds production, the government has recently set up Rs.11000 crore New Edible Oil Mission.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explore-unconventional-sources-of-edible-oil\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explore unconventional sources of edible oil<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10330,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,8816,9169,9109],"class_list":["post-128502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-major-crops-and-cropping-patterns","tag-national-mission-on-edible-oils-oil-palm","tag-palm-oil-production","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1699931900},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10330"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}