Business Daily | by Gitonga Marete
Macadamia farmers in Meru want the government to intervene and crack down on cartels that have impoverished them, saying they have regained control of the sector.
Brokers controlled the sector between 2009 when the export of raw nuts was banned in Kenya and 2012, buying the nuts for as low as Sh20 a kilo.
But farmgate prices improved from Sh30 a kilo in 2013 to last year when farmers sold the produce at Sh200 a kilo…
