The fruits of success: Binesh Pananwala elaborates on the continuing journey of Watawala’s burgeoning oil palm sector
Despite first being established in 1968 on Watawala Plantations’ Nakiyadeniya Estate in the Galle district, oil palm has until recent times gone under the radar as one of Sri Lanka’s most promising cash crops. While this is true both in terms of its ability to generate substantial profits for estates and the remarkably positive socio-economic…