Jangaon, July 10 -- Telangana Ministers Dr G Vivek Venkataswamy and Ponnam Prabhakar on Friday launched a mega oil palm plantation programme in Jangaon village of Akkannapet mandal in Husnabad Assembly constituency, reaffirming the government's commitment to promote oil palm cultivation as a profitable alternative crop.
The ministers planted oil palm saplings and felicitated farmer Sampath for successfully cultivating the crop.
Addressing the gathering, Dr Vivek said the government has set a target of bringing 50,000 acres under oil palm cultivation in the region. He said around 14,000 acres have already been brought under cultivation in the district.
He said the government would provide subsidies to farmers cultivating oil palm for four...