The choice crop of landowners looking to cash in on palm oil, the trees grew along the river in thick forests covering thousands of acres.

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For the first five years, while the trees get going, the farmers are being compensated with cash and a supply of grain.

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Now and then the state was shamed into producing cash, but the locals were not necessarily pleased to see valleys flooded, gardens and olive trees ruined.

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