Price crash fuels calls to lift Macadamia export ban

Current rates have left many farmers with losses and unsold stocks...

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Kenyan macadamia farmers are calling for the government to lift the export ban on unprocessed nuts due to a significant price crash, with farm-gate prices plummeting to as low as Sh30 per kilo.

Farm-gate prices have dropped drastically from a peak of Sh200 in 2019 to as low as Sh30.
Farmers and Kirinyaga Senator Kamau Murango are urging the government to reopen export markets.
The Ministry of Agriculture has set a minimum farm-gate price of Sh100 per kilo, but enforcement is weak.

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