Several sites have reached ages of 5 years and above. That means trees are beginning to bear fruits. At this moment, there is a big fruit season, with durian, manggosteen, duku, and rambutan being harvested by the farmers.
Our RPL field team also reaps the benefits from the fruit trees that were planted some years ago. They directly bought some durians and started eating them right away.
The lady explained that she will sell some of the fruits, durian in particular which fetches a high price in the (local) market. She will make sure to also share the fruits with her sisters/husbands, neighbours and friends in the village. the remaining fruits will be sold.