The latest news from the African cashew industry.
Strategic Collaboration Aims To Enhance Competitiveness, Create Jobs, And Strengthen Ghana's Agricultural Value Chain The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has taken a significant step toward advancing
Ghana's agricultural transformation agenda by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with USIBRAS Limited to provide specialized capacity-building programmes for processors...
The Association of Cashew Processors Ghana (ACPG) has called for greater support for local cashew processing, stressing that increased domestic value addition is critical to creating jobs, boosting export earnings, and maximising the economic benefits of Ghana’s growing cashew industry.
According to the President of the Association, Mr. Antonio Manuel Caramelo...
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Côte d’Ivoire opens Africa’s first industrial-scale biochar plant using cashew waste
New facility turns agricultural by-products into higher-value industrial and climate solutions
Growing biochar demand could boost cashew industry revenues and carbon credit opportunities
Ivorian Trade Minister Ibrahim Konaté on June 18 inaugurated a biochar plant in Attinguié, an...
A 15-member board of the Cashew Council Ghana (CCG), the umbrella body of the cashew value chain, has been inaugurated to champion industry interests and drive growth in local processing, productivity and investments in the sector.
Inaugurated at Fiapre in the Sunyani West Municipality of the Bono Region, the board is expected to leverage its diverse industry...
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China has opened its market to cashew nuts from all African countries with diplomatic relations with Beijing, removing a long-standing barrier that had restricted exports from much of the world's largest cashew-producing continent.
A continent-wide breakthrough
Africa is...
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The Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA) has dismissed claims that Ghana's minimum producer price for cashew was GH¢25 per kilogram.
A statement issued by the Authority and copied to the Ghana News Agency said the official minimum producer price announced for the 2024 season was GH$8.50 per kilogram, while the highest was GH$15.00 per kilogram for the 2025 season.
For the 2026...
Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) is the third most-produced edible nut globally and serves as a valuable cash crop. The cashew tree is cultivated extensively for its kernel, fruit, nutshell liquid, and other derivatives. The edible portion consists of the cashew nut and the cashew apple. The weight of the cashew apple is approximately 8–10 times that of the nut. In 2023, global cashew...
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... read moreWhich nut butter is healthiest — peanut, almond or cashew?© iStock
Once, the only nut butter on the supermarket shelf was peanut butter. Now you can also buy almond, cashew, hazelnut and macadamia nut butters, or blends.
... read moreStakeholders in Ghana’s agricultural sector have been urged to support government efforts to strengthen the cashew industry in the Savannah Region, which plays a critical role in supporting livelihoods, creating employment, and contributing to the country’s agricultural economy...
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