Mustard, the most prominent winter oilseed crop of India has again come to limelight as a possible solution to India’s huge import dependence in edible oils. A resultant of two species cross bred Varuna and Early Heera-2, DMH-11 has shown 28% higher yields than the parent Varuna, 37% better than...
Dr. Basanta K. Sahu, Faculty (Economics), IIFT, New Delhi discusses how rising demand, low productivity, market volatility, changing cropping patterns and trade policies have led to a rapid rise in imports of edible oil products, which surfaced as a crucial policy concern. He asserts that raising productivity, at least up...
Prof Sthanu R Nair, IIM Kozikhode, feels that to curb the popularity of palm oil/palmolein (major contributor to India’s imports), popularity of other edible oils can be enhanced. But this is possible only if they are made price competitive through productivity improvement either by adopting indigenous or foreign (genetically modified)...
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