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A farmer harvests macadamia nuts at Gatitu Village in Nyeri.[Kibata Kihu, Standard]
Panic has gripped the Kenyan macadamia sector following reports of intense lobbying by brokers to lift the ban on raw nut exports.
Already, several macadamia processing factories are scaling down operations, and others are shutting down completely as farmers struggle to find buyers for their nuts.
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