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non-native to Gujarat. Introduced to India initially as an experimental crop in the mid-20th century, its systematic cultivation expanded following national vegetable oil mission programs (e.g., Technology Mission on Oilseeds and the National Mission on Edible Oils � Oil Palm [NMEO-OP]). In Gujarat, it is cultivated under assured drip irrigation across commercial agricultural holdings, institutional research farms, and private orchards in the canal-command and coastal alluvial belts of South and Central Gujarat (Valsad, Navsari, Surat, Bharuch, Anand, Kheda).
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