A study taken up with an objective to do SWOC analysis for crop diversification to oil palm in NE states. A structured interview schedule administered to the randomly selected sample of 34 oil palm stakeholders of NE states. Results revealed that NE states are having clay loam, sandy loam/red alluvial, sandy loam soils. Rainfed and canals are major irrigation source. Major land holdings are marginal and small. Major crops grown are paddy, sugarcane, vegetables, rubber, areca nut and maize. Crops could be replaced with oil palm are rubber, areca nut and few tea estates. Constraints with existing cropping system are viz., rainfed cultivation, growing labour intensive crops, high market fluctuations, road infrastructure, perennial irrigation facilities, fertilizers, marginal lands, monocropping, floods, wages. Strengths of the NE states are land availability, weather, marketing, year round income, positive for adoption of oil palm, government support, support price for oil palm FFB, income from oil palm is comparable with other crops. Weakness are lack of irrigation facility, land suitability, new crop, technology not known, marginal lands, hill terrains, withdrawal of processing facility/no processing factory. Opportunities are suitable soils, weather, market price payment for oil palm, round the year income, technical support, direct beneficiary transfer of assistance, government support through NMEO&OP. Challenges are creation of assured irrigation, negative propaganda on oil palm, monocropping, lack of proper road infrastructure, technical support to stakeholders, environmental concerns. Suggestions given for crop diversification to oil palm are: creation of awareness on oil palm, creation of electricity & irrigation facilities, strengthening government support, required technical support, capacity building programmes, timely subsidies to farmers, all weather road facility, early establishment of oil palm processing units, introducing intercrops, mechanization and assistance for organic cultivation.