Fruit could curb Ugandan poverty (BBC) {apples -- the EXOTIC fruit!}

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By Sarah Grainger
BBC News, Kabale, Uganda

Keith Rwamahe is one of about 100 farmers in his sub-county on the outskirts of Kabale who have begun to grow temperate fruits.

He used to grow tomatoes and passion fruit, but has found that apples are much more lucrative.

The fruit from one mature apple tree can sell for about $150 (£76), five times as much as an acre of sorghum.

Add to this that a one-acre apple orchard could contain as many as 200 trees and Kabale's infant apple industry starts to make sense.
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"But even so, I make enough money to send my eldest daughter to university and my other three children to school."
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6549609.stm