India has developed a new variety of rapeseed in the framework of the measures Prime Minister Narendra modi to reduce imports of vegetable oils, which occupy the third position in the country's imports after crude oil and gold.
A new variety of rapeseed will have a higher oil content and less erucic acid, which is a harmful substance, reported the state Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
Indian farmers rape is sown in October-November and harvested from March.
Delay of sowing and the warmest in the last five years of winter can have a negative impact on canola production and to reduce the content in the rapeseed oil, which will lead to increased imports of vegetable oil was reported by the farmers and traders.
India imported a record 14,61 mln tonnes of vegetable oils in the year to October 2015, and the purchase of oil abroad will reach a new record this year, to make up for lower oilseed production and rising demand for cooking oil.
Source: Thomson Reuters
Translated by service "Yandex.Translation"
