Cashew Industry News

The latest news from the African cashew industry.

22 Oct, 2018

AT 54, Brenda Akatama Mwanamwalye still has the vigor to contribute to the cashew industry.
Her house in Mongu’s Kambule street is bustling with people trooping in and out buying cashew seedlings or processed nuts.
Her passion and commitment towards the industry is....

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2 Oct, 2018

The ACA Secretariat invites applications from individual Consultants who are interested in being Lead Facilitators of the Cashew Master Training Programme (MTP).

Terms of Reference: MTP Lead Facilitators

Background

In consolidation of their sector organization efforts, the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) and GIZ/ComCashew project want to consolidate the achievements, upgrade and...

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28 Sep, 2018

Mozambique will have 17 cashew processing plants with the start-up of two new units, according to the director of the Cashew Development Institute (Incaju). Ilídio Bande told Mozambican daily newspaper Notícias in...

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14 Sep, 2018

Higher operational costs and tough competition from Vietnam is putting pressure on Indian cashew industry with many processors and exporters facing adverse credit profile, reports rating agency Icra. India produces 6-7 million tonne raw cashew per annum and was...

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14 Sep, 2018

Great Quest Fertilizer Ltd (TSXV:GQ) (“the Company”) is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement to acquire Ivorienne Noix de Cajou SARL (Ivory Coast Cashew Nut Corporation, “INC”). The primary asset of INC is 12,000 tonnes per year cashew processing facility near the capital Abidjan, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The facility was recently completed and is slated to...

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14 Sep, 2018

NIGERIA’s hope of exceeding earnings of $402 million from cashew exports this year is being threatened, National President, Federation of Agricultural Commodity Association of Nigeria, Dr Victor Iyama, has said. Iyama said this was due to the...

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14 Sep, 2018

LDF government is keen on protecting the cashew industry and ensuring worker benefits, said Minister for Cashew Industry J. Mercykutty Amma here on...

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14 Sep, 2018

The Plantation Corporation of Kerala (PCK), known to produce top-graded cashew nuts on mass scale, is facing hurdles in auctioning the produce apparently for want of competitive bids from...

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13 Sep, 2018

Over the last 25 years, Côte d’Ivoire’s cashew production has seen exploding growth. In nearly 10 years, the Ivorian cashew crop has surged 154% from 280,000 MT in 2007 to 711,000 MT in 2017. In 2016, Côte d’Ivoire overtook India, the world’s largest cashew producer, as the......

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6 Sep, 2018

The Ondo State government has distributed no fewer than 450,000 cocoa seedlings and 25,000 cashew seedlings to different categories of farmers to boost cocoa and cashew production in ...

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