Faced with the absence of buyers due to the coronavirus, 30,000 tonnes (t) of cashew nuts may not find buyers in Senegal, which would represent a shortfall of around FCFA 50 billion (€ 76, 1 million) for producers in the three Casamance producing regions of Kolda, Sédhiou and Ziguinchor, says agricultural engineer Abdourahmane Faye. This prospect adds to the memory of a bad last year, with...
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20 May, 2020
The Odisha Cashew Processors Association has urged Union Minister of State for MSME Pratap Sarangi to announce a special package for the cashew industry, hit hard by...
19 May, 2020
The Mozambican Association of Cashew Industries (AICAJU) has warned that less than 35,000 tonnes of cashew nuts will be processed in Mozambican factories this year, which is more than 33 per cent less than...
18 May, 2020
With main competitor Vietnam expanding its exports to more countries during lockdown and the domestic market at a standstill, the cashew sector is facing yet...
16 May, 2020
The Ghana Agriculture and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) has held an editors’ forum in Accra to encourage increased media focus on...
14 May, 2020
There is the need for comprehensive and industry-specific policies to help revive the ailing cashew processing sector in the country, Patricio Lima Assis, Managing Director of USIBRAS Ghana Limited, subsidiary of a leading cashew nut processing firm with...
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14 May, 2020
The government has released Sh10 billion out of the Sh31 billion it owes cashew nut farmers and service providers for raw cashew nuts (RCN) supplied in...
14 May, 2020
Le gouvernement de Guinée Bissau est parvenu à un accord avec cinq banques commerciales pour assurer le...
10 May, 2020
The Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) and the Competitive Cashew initiative (ComCashew) of the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) have launched an advocacy initiative to help...
9 May, 2020
Fludor-Benin uses cashew nut shells as a balm, a liquid that the paint and aeronautics industries thrive on. In addition to the added value it generates, this activity helps to reduce the pollution caused by...
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