Welcome to Macadamia information center

The Highland Macadamia Cooperative Union Limited (HIMACUL) represents smallholder macadamia growers in Malawi. With 3800 members spread out all over the country and partners in other countries too we have gone about setting up an area where information and news can be posted and commented on.

Smallholder macadamia groups are throughout the country in Mulanje, Neno, Mwanza, Dowa, Ntchisi and Rumphi. Through investing in cooperatives and associations the annual establishment has risen to 70,000 trees a year and over 1000 Ha is currently under smallholder management in the country. The majority of this crop has been established in the last 4 years. Kernel volumes are at present small but will grow significantly as this crop matures.

Thursday, January 29

Nursery Investments

Nursery investments in the form of 3 additional wells, 5 shade structures and skills (grafting / nursery management) have been made. This has been necessary to further scale up tree production in order to supply trees to the numbers required for CHDI Carbon Program. Part of the demonstration farm has been put over to a large macadamia nursery; varieties not found elsewhere in Neno have been sourced and established here. The site in its first season of operation managed to rear 4000 rootstocks and provide space for grafting and nursery best practice training. A second well was sank at the site in October close to 3 seed beds.
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