Mozambique’s nut factories have made a cracking comeback
But farmers are being squeezed
INDUSTRIALISATION, UP CLOSE, is organised monotony. For eight hours a day workers at a cashew factory in northern Mozambique scoop nuts from their oily shells. It is hard to talk above the thrum of machines. The pay is a modest 4,600 meticais ($76) a month. But it is a job. There are precious few good ones in Mozambique.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Cashews and cash”
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