The latest news from the African cashew industry.
The government of Tanzania is currently urging smallholder farmers to acquire insurance covers for themselves as well as well as their crops. This is in addition to getting entrepreneurship skills in agribusiness. All these initiatives will positively contribute to the...
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read moreCashew nuts may become dearer this festival season but the industry expects better sales as demand has started picking up. Facing a setback in exports, the cashew industry is pinning its hopes on domestic sales, which had...
read moreThe government has called upon the cashew factory owners to take an appropriate decision on disbursing Onam bonus to cashew workers before the festival. In a meeting convened on Saturday, Minister for Cashew Development J Mercykutty Amma said...
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read moreUnited Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Indian head Rene Van Berkel and UN Women programme coordinator Suhela Khan visited Kollam on Friday to check the possibilities of collaboration with the State in...
Farmers in the North Gonja District of the Northern Region have received cashew seedlings to improve and increase cashew production in...
As the economic lung of Ivory Coast, the port of Abidjan is making huge strides in enhancing its infrastructure. With the canal widening, new port terminal projects and global interest in infusing capital and sharing expertise, the port has almost sealed its position as a...
According to the estimates of the Import-Export Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade), the export of cashew nuts in July 2018 reached 30 thousand tons, worth $ 267 million, down 7.2% in volume and 8.9% in value compared with June 2018, compared with the same period in 2017 decreased 18.1% in...
Based on the current drive to use Agriculture as one of the channels to revitalise the economy, encouraging cash crop production, considered as a money spinning aspect of the sector, remains inevitable. But why many preferred to toe this line of...
From the 21-22 June 2018, the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) together with the cashew value chain association of Burkina Faso organized the Sahelian Cashew Forum dubbed-FOCAS. The forum was supported by the GIZ Competitive Cashew Initiative (ComCashew), SNV Netherlands Development Organization and Cadre Intégré Renforcé (CIR). ...
read moreThe US, the Netherlands and China remained the three largest importers of Vietnamese cashew nuts with market shares of 37.9%, 13.1% and 10.9%, respectively.
In the opposite direction, Vietnam imported around ...
