NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenyan farmers used to grow macadamia trees to shade their coffee bushes. Now they are making so much from the nuts that they are abandoning the beans. The East African nation ...

NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenyan farmers used to grow macadamia trees to shade their coffee bushes. Now they are making so much from the nuts that they are abandoning the beans. The East African nation ...

with a minimum farm-gate price set at Sh100 a kilo.However, Kenya’s fragmented macadamia industry consisting of over 200,000 small-scale farmers makes aggregation difficult compared to South ...

When the government lifted the ban on selling raw (in-shell) macadamia in November 2023, farmers reaped big.The farm gate price for ... asks.According to the lawmaker, Kenya risks losing the ...

Macadamia Association of Kenya (MACNUT) Chairman Jane Maigua, assured farmers of fair pricing and value addition in the sector. Maigua reaffirmed that processors are ready to purchase mature ...

Kagwe urged macadamia farmers to register under the Kenya Integrated Agricultural Management System (KIAMIS) to enhance coordination among the government, private sector, and development partners.