Cashew Industry News

The latest news from the African cashew industry.

MOVE ComCashew Launching of the Call for Concept notes for the Competitive Matching Grant Fund

9 Jun, 2023

Thanks to the project “Business Support Facility for Resilient Agriculture Value Chains” which is co-financed by the European Union (EU) under the post-Cotonou agreement with the Secretariat of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and by the Federal Ministry of Development and Economic Cooperation (BMZ) and...

Ghana Commodity Exchange to trade cashew

8 Jun, 2023

Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) is considering the listing of raw cashew nuts on its trading platform to facilitate the...

Slump in global cashew demand pushes Ivory Coast industry to verge of collapse

7 Jun, 2023

Drissa Dembele, a farmer and buyer of raw cashews, surveyed unshelled nuts he had spread out to dry on a tarpaulin in a dusty courtyard, unsure of when he would...

In the proposed budget for FY 2023-24, the government has levied Total Tax Incidence (TTI) on imported cashew nuts and dates

2 Jun, 2023

On Thursday, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal proposed to increase the Total Tax Incidence (TTI) on the import of Shelled Cashew Nuts from 15.25% to...read more

Ban on foreign cashew buyers looms

2 Jun, 2023

A new regulation to block foreigners from purchasing cashew nuts directly from the farmgate will soon be enforced to make trading the...read more

Cashew production gets over US$375,000 boost - Report

31 May, 2023

Summit Vision Microfinance has since 2021 disbursed over US$375000 in working capital to cashew producers in the Offinso North district of...read more

Ghana earned $128.70m from cashew exports in 2021

26 May, 2023

Ghana is reported to have earned $128.70 million from cashew export in the first quarter of 2021, and the Government’s Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD) programme has been able to establish about 46,000 hectares of cashew plantation in the Bono Region since...read more

Hausse des exportations de noix de cajou africaines au Vietnam

16 May, 2023

La demande mondiale en noix de cajou demeure modérée avec des prix stables, indique n’kalô dans son...lire la suite

"Libérer", "protéger" et "accompagner" la noix de cajou au Sénégal

14 May, 2023

Alors qu’en Conseil des ministres hier, le président Macky Sall a demandé la « mise en œuvre » au Sénégal d’un « dispositif de protection et d’accompagnement de la filière anacarde, dans la...lire la suite

17th ACA Cashew Conference & Expo: Call for submission of research studies on cashew and related issues

28 Apr, 2023

Background

At the ACA Annual Cashew Conference & Expo, which is held annually, the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) offers researchers on cashews and related topics an opportunity to share their research findings. This is due to ACA's recognition of the essential role that researchers play towards developing a sustainable African cashew industry,...