The government is exploring alternative uses of macadamia to boost the earnings of farmers at a time prices of the nut have plummeted due to oversupply.
Crop Development Principal Secretary Kello Harsama said the addition of macadamia as an edible oil-producing crop under the National Edible Oil Crops Project would provide a much-needed cushion for farmers hard hit by the global glut that has seen prices of the commodity drop.
