Ian McConachie has spent much of the past 50 years tramping through the rainforest on the hunt for wild macadamia trees. “Finding a wild macadamia is akin to the thrill of finding gold,” he says. Yet ...
Macadamia is a genus of four species of trees indigenous to Australia and constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae. The most well-known species are Macadamia integrifolia and Macadamia ...
The Mutuuri Munor self-help group members with Thika MP Patrick Wainaina at their macadamia orchard in Kilimambogo area. PHOTO: KAMAU NJOROGE. Farmers in Kiambu County are increasingly adopting ...
A majority of the world’s cultivated macadamias are grown in Hawaii, but the crunchy, creamy nuts are in fact indigenous to Australia. In fact, as a recent study has shown, Hawaii’s macadamias appear ...
To reduce biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes, more sustainable and environmentally friendly agricultural practices are needed. A research team has investigated how ecosystem services such as ...
The government plans to offer 102,000 grafted macadamia seedlings under a new subsidy approach aimed at expanding cultivation and improving crop survival, according to the National Agricultural Export ...
Residents of Kariti ward in Ndiaconstituency, Kirinyaga county, havereceived a major boost after Governor Anne Waiguru distributed a wide range of itemsaimed at improving theirlivelihoods. Theitems ...