Over the last decade, South Africa has become the largest producer of macadamia nuts in the world.
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After a decade of soaring growth in South Africa’s macadamia nut industry, which cemented the country as the largest producer of macadamias in the world, a huge price drop has caused a speed wobble.
Favourable growing conditions, soaring prices, growing health consciousness and trouble on sugarcane plantations have spurred rapid growth in the macadamia nut industry in South Africa.
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