Farmers in Kalangala are eating big with a kilogramme of fresh fruit bunches of oil palm reaching an all-time high of UGX1,130. The price of oil palm fresh fruit bunches has significantly increased from Shs465 in September 2019, an increment of 143%. This price is also an increment on the November price of UGX1,103. Even though November is off season, farmers collectively sold more than 4.4 million kilos of Fresh Fruit Bunches. Overall, there are 2,063 oil palm smallholder farmers in the district. Of these, more than 1,400 are women. David Balironda Mukasa, the Kalanga Oil Palm Growers Trust (KOPGT)…
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