Neno smallholder Macadamia growers have reached their present situation through their own initiative, by grasping an opportunity with both hands. They have been helped over the past eight years by many post graduates from Cranfield University (Silsoe College), each volunteering to spend about a year living in Neno. These young people have contributed enormously in bridging the income gap between planting the Macadamia crop and benefiting from its income. They have also contributed to every aspect of its development including writing the tree proposals for funding to the British High Commission and the Scottish Executive. The Trust has latterly liaised between the growers, the volunteers and the College.