# Telangana, Bihar to swap expertise on oil palm, makhana 2026-08-12T22:34:48+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Telangana and Bihar will study each other’s specialised crops after their agriculture ministers met in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Bihar’s Vijay Kumar Sinha expressed interest in Telangana’s oil palm model, including incentives, nurseries and micro-irrigation. Telangana has 3.1 lakh acres under oil palm and produced 74,000 metric tonnes of crude palm oil in 2025-26. Telangana minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said his state would offer full technical support. In turn, Telangana wants to learn from Bihar’s makhana cultivation, processing and marketing. Bihar recently set up a Makhana Board. The ministers agreed to exchange visits by officials and farmers. They also discussed satellite crop monitoring, digital farmer IDs and AI-based systems used by Telangana. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: Bihar agriculture, crop diversification, inter-state cooperation, makhana, oil palm, Telangana agriculture Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/telangana-bihar-to-swap-expertise-on-oil-palm-makhana/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/telangana-bihar-to-swap-expertise-on-oil-palm-makhana/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.