VijayawadA:Agriculture minister Kinjarapu Atchannaidu on Thursday said ensuring remunerative and stable prices for palm oil farmers remains a top priority of the coalition government. Soon after the inauguration, Atchannaidu chaired a meeting of the Oil Palm Price Fixation Committee to finalise the pricing formula for fresh fruit bunches for the 2025–26 oil year. Discussions focused on parameters such as oil extraction rate, oil content and palm nut recovery, while balancing farmer interests and industry sustainability. Nearly 1.97 lakh farmers are cultivating oil palm over 2.49 lakh hectares across 24 districts and 371 mandals. With an average productivity of 19.81 tonnes per hectare, oil palm has emerged as a high-income crop.