Macadamia Nut Production
Tree Nuts / Specialty Food · Production, cracking, export
Zimbabwe is Africa's #2 and world's #5 exporter of macadamia — a premium tree-nut opportunity with 2023 production value of US$30 million and ideal eastern highlands agronomy.
Macadamia is one of the crops where Zimbabwe holds a globally competitive export ranking (Africa #2, World #5 — World Top Exports and Index Mundi). Production has grown from 8,500 tonnes in 2019 to 10,000 tonnes in 2023, with value rising from US$25.5m to US$30m over the same period.
Macadamia sits alongside tobacco as one of Zimbabwe's top globally-ranked agricultural exports.
Where the capital goes.
Opportunities exist across new orchard planting in the eastern highlands, cracking and processing infrastructure, and direct export to premium tree-nut buyers.
Numbers from the prospectus.
Local demand, export demand and production gaps.
Why Zimbabwe.
Approximately 33 million hectares of arable land for crop and livestock production.
Over 10,000 small, medium and large dams — potential to irrigate up to 2 million hectares.
Temperate climate favourable across five agro-ecological regions.
Strong human capital base with a 90% literacy rate.
Strategic location on the North-South Corridor — regional logistics hub.
Preferential market access through SADC, COMESA, ACP, AfCFTA and WTO.
Multi-currency system eliminating exchange rate risk; dividends and profits freely remittable.
Investment Promotion & Protection Agreements (bilateral and multilateral).
Enabling infrastructure.
Why invest in this opportunity.
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