Deputy President Kithure Kindiki says that the macadamia industry has the potential to earn Kenya over Sh10 billion annually and generate more than 30,000 jobs with the right support.

Kindiki pointed out that Kenya is currently the fourth-largest macadamia producer globally and second in Africa, with over 200,000 smallholder farmers actively engaged in cultivation. The sector ...

Early this year, AFA banned the export of raw, in-shell macadamia nuts. Also Read: Export ban hits macadamia farmers Middlemen buying raw nuts off the harvest season scheduled by AFA encourage farmers ...

"AFA affirms that the letter in question is a forgery and was not issued through any legitimate channel," the authority said. "In accordance with Section 43 of the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) ...

Grape Tree is recalling Raw Unsalted Macadamia Nuts because Shiga toxin-producing E. coli has been found in a batch of this product. The batch code is G41 5 101 250610 and best before is 11 July ...

Harvesting began on March 1. Kenya is the third largest nut-in-shell and kernel macadamia exporter, after South Africa and Australia.

“In 2019, farm gate prices for macadamia nuts in shell (NIS) reached a record high of Ksh180 per kilogram. However, by early 2023, prices had significantly declined to between Ksh30 and Ksh40 ...

The ban on the export of raw or in-shell macadamia nuts was lifted on November 3, 2023, for a period of one year which expired on November 2, 2024, posing an imminent crisis to farmers who would ...

Kenya on Wednesday allowed the sale and export of raw macadamia nuts for a period of 30 days, lifting a ban that was imposed early last month.

According to the CS, the decision to lift the ban followed an extensive review by his Ministry on some exporters who still had stocks of raw macadamia nuts in shell and export orders that were yet to ...

Employees at Fairnut Processing Nut factory in Thika. working on in-shell macadamia nuts in transit to China.[File, Standard] Kenya on Wednesday allowed the sale and export of raw macadamia nuts ...