Sumatran farmers worry as government halts palm oil fertilizer subsidies

Mongabay
Jun 15, 2023, 3:40 am164 pts
BATANGHARI, Indonesia — In a sweltering oil palm field in Batanghari village, Rokani fixes a sickle to an 11-meter (36-foot) pole and begins cutting down bunches of fruit from the treetops. If he can harvest 1 ton of oil palm fruit, Rokani, 58, will be paid 250,000 rupiah ($17). “If the fruit is no good…

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