Native to north-eastern Brazil and introduced to India and parts of Africa by Portuguese traders in the 14th century, cashew is today grown in about 30 countries worldwide, including 14 African countries. Cote d ’Ivoire, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Benin, Guinea, Guinea Bussie, Senegal, Gambia, Togo...
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The latest news from the African cashew industry.
4 Feb, 2022
he Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture has announced the minimum producer price for raw cashew nuts (RCN) in the Bono regional town of Wench.
Yaw Frimpong Addo called...
4 Feb, 2022
The total crop for the 2020/2021 season is estimated at 3.8 million metric tons, and the 2021/22 crop, is expected to be very similar to the previous season. The difference is about a 2% reduction in the crop size, primarily on account of the lower estimated crops in West Africa (down 6% from 2020/21) and in Vietnam (down 11%), which are being compensated, to some extent, with a good crop in...
read moreThe 2022 cashew season opens on 4 February in Côte d'Ivoire with a price left at EUR 0.46 EXW per kg
In Côte d'Ivoire, it is announced in the Council of Ministers that the 2022 raw cashew nut marketing campaign will open on 4 February. The mandatory minimum purchase price to producers for well-dried and well-sorted cashew nuts containing no foreign matter is set at EUR 0.46 per kg, a price unchanged compared to the 2021 campaign. The price has been lowered by 33% compared to the EUR 0.61 EXW...
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3 Feb, 2022
According to the China Customs Agency, the country's cashew imports surged significantly in 2021. Cashew imports into China hit USD 175 million in November 2021, up 23.8 per cent year on year.
China has increased its imports of Vietnamese cashews in recent years. From January to November of last year, cashews imported from Vietnam to China totalled USD 156 million, an increase of...
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3 Feb, 2022
Stakeholders of the cashew industry, a sector battered by pre-existing conditions and now the pandemic, find the Union Budget totally disappointing as it failed to make any announcements they were...
3 Feb, 2022
Les régions les plus propices aux cultures commerciales parmi les plus importantes au monde en terme de volumes comme le café, l’anacardier ou encore l’avocat pourraient bientôt être redessinées en raison des...
3 Feb, 2022
Le marché du cajou regarde avec un œil attentif l’évolution de la situation politique en Afrique de l’Ouest surtout dans un contexte où les problèmes logistiques sont toujours très présents, entrainant des...
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2 Feb, 2022
Portuguese-speaking Guinea-Bissau -- which has been hit by an attempted coup -- is one of the most unstable and putsch-prone countries in the world.
The poor West African nation's chronic instability has made it...
2 Feb, 2022
Although the veracity of the claim is being authenticated, Nigeria is perceived to have the capacity to generate about $400m yearly from cashew if the perennial challenges of post-harvest losses and dearth of processing plants are tackled.
Presently, only 10 per cent of the total harvested raw cashew nuts are processed in the country, with 90 per cent exported to other countries...
