The latest news from the African cashew industry.
The African Cashew Alliance (ACA) Secretariat is delighted to welcome the newest member of our Advisory Board: the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), represented by its Chief Executive Officer Mr. Olusegun Awolowo.
The NEPC, whose mission is to make Nigeria’s non-oil export a significant contributor to the country’s GDP, is a strong supporter of the cashew industry. We look...
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On March 19, 2015, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Trade Resource Center (ATRC) was officially launched at the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), located in Accra, Ghana. The ATRC is a joint effort between GCCI and the USAID/West Africa Trade Hub (THN). ATRC will provide new and existing local businesses with advice on becoming export-ready in order to take...
read moreRepresentatives of the Ghana Cashew Industry Stakeholders have agreed on GH¢2.70 per kilogramme as the starting price for Raw Cashew Nuts (RCN) in Ghana in the 2015 cashew season. This is the first time the players in the industry have come together to set a common price for the beans....
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The African Cashew Alliance (ACA) has received a new grant from the African Development Bank’s Africa Trade Fund (AfTra) to implement an extensive technical assistance program for cashew processors in 8 countries in East and West Africa.
The grant supports ACA activities aimed at creating more than 2,000 new jobs (at least 70% of which will be for women) and...
read moreThe European Union has committed to supplying 1.5 million euros to projects based in Guinea-Bissau that improve the livelihoods of small-scale cashew farmers. Approximately half of this amount is dedicated entirely to producers who seek to strengthen the quality and quantity of their production.
To read more, please visit the Macau Hub site...
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Last week, the African Cashew Alliance celebrated the expansion of its Seal program by welcoming CASA, located in Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire, to its family of Seal-certified cashew processors. CASA has worked with ACA’s team of food safety and quality experts throughout the past several months to finally become certified in February...
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For the rest of January, ACA members can enjoy heavily discounted rates on registration and accommodation for CashewInfo.com’s inaugural World Cashew Convention, which takes place in Dubai on 5-6 February 2015.
ACA is proud to partner with CashewInfo.com for this event, in which ACA Managing Director Roger Brou will moderate...
read moreNOTICE: THIS CALL IS OPEN FROM 7th to 24th JANUARY, 2015
1. The Cashew Matching Grant Fund
Adopting Good Agricultural Practices results in better quality of raw cashew nuts while stable, reliable linkages between farmers, processors and buyers is extremely essential for the competitiveness of African cashews. These are the lessons the German...
read moreThe National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) has officially solicited assistance from the federal government to subsidize the procurement of jute bags for cashew packaging. The packing materials which are currently used most widely, polypropelene bags, negatively affect the quality of the cashew nuts. To read more, please visit the allAfrica site...
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