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A worker collects palm fruit at a plantation owned by a private company in Langkat, in Indonesia's north Sumatra province, in this November 1, 2012 file picture. A prolonged fall in the price of palm oil is hitting Indonesia's legions of smallholder farmers, forcing cutbacks that will reduce output in coming years and raising the prospect of a bout of sell-outs to major producers. Smallholder farmers account for about 40 percent of output from Indonesia's vast plantations that cover an area the size of South Korea. A drop in smallholder output could shave total production by around 5 percent from 2015, say analysts. (Photo by Roni Bintang/Reuters)
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