Doubts cloud Kenya’s renewed palm oil ambitions

Mongabay
Aug 21, 2017, 1:00 pm169 pts
ISIMICHINI, Kenya — In the 10 years Arthur Inzofu has been growing oil palm trees at his farm in Isimichini village in western Kenya, he has seen few benefits. But he is not about to give up on the plant quite yet. The 70-year-old farmer is among the few who have held onto the plant, despite what he says is…

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