Uganda’s oil palm sector yields results
Wednesday May 19 2021
Nansamba Jane is an oil palm grower in Betta Village. Ugandan small-holder growers are earning regular incomes from the sale of oil palm seed. PHOTO | EDGAR R. BATTE
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James Lutaya is a successful Ugandan oil palm tree grower in Busanga village, in Kalangala district. He planted 55 acres of oil palm, 30 of which he divided between his nine children and his wife. From the proceeds of his 25 acres, he has been able to build a permanent house, buy a vehicle and take his children to school.
Previously a coffee grower, Lutaya says no crop yields better income than oil palm.