Rising demand for healthy food has resulted in a rapid expansion of the area under tree nut production in South Africa.
The country’s diverse climatic conditions favours the production of a wide range of tree nuts in South Africa, such as pecan nuts, almonds, pistachios and walnuts, with South Africa competing with Australia for the title of the world’s largest macadamia producer.
The Western Cape is most suited for almond production because of its Mediterranean climate. The origin of almonds is uncertain, but the gene...
Macadamia nuts were already established in the Durban Botanical Gardens in South Africa in 1915, the source of which is still unknown. Comme...
The terms groundnuts and peanuts can be used interchangeably, but in South Africa the industry primarily refers to groundnuts, whereas peanu...
South Africa is the third largest international producer of pecan nuts, but volumes are quite insignificant as the United States and Mexico,...
Pistachios are in the cashew family. Like cashews, they are not a true nut but seeds of red or yellow plum-like fruit that are removed durin...
Walnuts were brought to South Africa by British settlers around the 1820s, resulting in big walnut trees being scattered all over the easter...