Technical support services (TSS) for oil palm plantation establishment in the new hubs have been provided initially through the hub start-up team. However, following establishment of the plantations, the start-up team will hand over to a dedicated TSS team, who will provide the oil palm growers with the necessary production services. The idea will be to keep the TSS light in terms of team members and outsource service provision to the extent possible; and from the start, mechanisms will be put in place for the eventual full cost recovery for the services delivered to the growers. Robust administrative and IT systems will be established to facilitate this process and ensure timely payments for their FFBs. In Kalangala, where KOPGT has provided technical services to the oil palm growers, the challenge is to assist it to limit its service delivery costs – a process that has already started. The move from KOPGT to a Kalangala Hub TSS entity will be informed by a review of KOPGT, to be conducted prior to NOPP start-up, and the drawing up of an action plan for KOPGT’s institutional transformation.