India's quest for food self-sufficiency goes beyond buying palm oil from Malaysia and Indonesia


NEW DELHI (Bernama): Reducing dependence on imported edible oils is part of India's larger quest for food self-sufficiency.

There has been much talk in recent years about slashing the country's huge vegetable oil import bill by encouraging farmers to boost oilseed output and allocating more land for oil palm plantations.

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