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Government Of Assam Department of Agriculture & Horticulture Directorate of Agriculture

Introduction

  • The Mission has two submissions: (a) Mini MissionI: Oil Seeds & Mini Mission II: Oil Palm. Its main objective is to increase the production and productivity of oil crops. MM I includes conventional oil seeds crops like Rape & Mustard, Sesamum, Ground nut, etc. while MM II includes oil Palm. Oil Palm has been newly introdused from the year 2014-15 on pilot basis in the districts of Kamrup (M) & Goalpara. New varieties of Rape & Mustard have been introduces under MM I which have shown higher production in the state. Oil palm plants require 4 yeats to yield and farmers are adopting the crop well in the said district.