Presentations and Speeches

Presentations from the 14th ACA Annual Cashew Conference - fully online!

9-11 September 2020
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Day1 Official Opening Ceremony
  • Welcome address by Florentino Nanque, ACA President
  • Keynote address by Atsuko Toda, Director of Agricultural Finance and Rural Development, African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
  • Speech by Hon. Harouna Kabore, Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Handicrafts - Burkina Faso
  • Official opening by Hon. George Oduro, Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture - Ghana

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Sector Organization Panel: Policies and their impact on cashew trade
  • Opening presentation by  Eric Derks, TechnoServe -Market effects of the policies in Africa (in view of the 2018 price crash, corona,..etc.)

Panel discussion members:

  • Minata Kone, CIA - B
  • Andre Tandjekpon, Consultative Internationa Cashew Council (CICC)
  • Srivatsava Ganapathy, Cashewinfo

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Day2 Processing  Panel: Cashew processing technology & its incubation
  • Opening Presentation by Jim Fitzpatrick on the current market situation and its impact on cashew processing.

Panel members:

  • Alex Chulin, SG Agro
  • Salma Seetaroo, INC
  • Balakrishnan Veertmallo, Huxley Industry

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Day3

Production Panel: Research efforts to obtain marketable raw nuts and kernels

Research perspective from West and East Africa

  • Dr. Paul K.K. Adu-Gyamfi, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG)
  • Prof. Peter Masawe, independent Consultant

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  Official Closing Ceremony

Closing address by Babatola Faseru

Official closing by Hon. George Oduro

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