Palm oil trees are native to Africa, especially West Africa but were brought by travellers to South East Asia over 100 years ago as an ornamental tree. The Asian countries have since taken over.
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Oil palm revolution catches on in Buvuma
April 21, 2021 Written by URN
Over 200 registered out-growers verified to participate in the first phase of setting up oil palm plantations in Buvuma district are guided to spare land for subsistence farming as they prepare for the long term harvest of oil palm.
Buvuma residents embraced the introduction of oil palm growing. However, there has been a concern among leaders on how the district can maintain its food security it transitions from substance farming to a perennial cash crop.
The district’s major economic activities include fishing however, statistics at the district show that about 40 per cent of fishermen have abandoned the lake in the last two years comp