The latest news from the African cashew industry.
On August 17th, 2015, ACA Seal Coordinator, Dorcas Amoh, gave a presentation launching the USAID-funded Trade Hub Study on environmental management in cashew processing. This issue is crucial to the future of the industry in Africa, prompting the need for reform and environmentally-friendly solutions. The presentation was delivered at the...
read more"Stakeholders from the government, private sector, international community and the civil society,are meeting in Ilorin next week to draw up a development plan for cashew. The worshop which aims to develop a...
read more"Raw Cashew Nut (RCN) imports declined during the first quarter of the current fiscal due to rise in prices in the West African growing countries.
... read more"Ivory Coast's 2015 cashew nut crop jumped by 11 percent to a record 625,000 tonnes compared with the previous year, the West African nation's government said on Monday." For more information please vist Reuters.com.
read moreCashew nut processors in Tanzania have asked the goverment to increase economic support to the processing industry by addressing critical challenges. During a stakeholders meeting in Tanzania, the Processing Manager of the Cashewnut Board of Tanzania, Mr. Simuli Yahaya, spoke of issues such as lack of processing equipment, driers, and shelling and packaging machines. Tanzania is the third...
read more"Ghana’s annual revenue from exporting raw cashew nuts is estimated at 56 million dollars, Mr Joseph Yeung, Managing Director of the Mim Cashew Processing Company, has revealed." To read more please visit The Ghanaweb site.
“To the Ivoirian economy, the cashew boom presents an unexpected but welcome opportunity to diversify agricultural exports beyond cocoa beans and rubber. It will also help develop the country’s agro-industry. However, to realise its full potential, Côte d’Ivoire has to process and add value to its raw cashews. While the country…” read...
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