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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 and Mozambique are the major cashew growing countries in Africa. Over the...

C’est Officiel, Mme Minata KONE a passé le témoin à M. Ibrahim SANFO. 

Hier mardi 11 janvier 2022, à la salle polyvalente Rosario Chiquette, s’est tenue la cérémonie officielle de passation de charge entre la présidente sortante et le président entrant du CIAB.

Pour l’occasion environ deux cent invités sont venus assister à cette installation et parmi eux des autorités administratives, des partenaires de la filière...

The cashew sector is increasingly becoming one of the most important agricultural sectors in Ghana. The sector has grown into one that contributes significantly to economic growth, particularly in job creation and poverty reduction.

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The African cashew industry has become very significant to the economic development of cashew producing countries, through job creation and poverty reduction, and for the sustainability of the global industry. With an estimated annual production of 2.1 million tons, Africa produces about 57% of global raw cashew nuts (RCN). Currently, Vietnam, the highest cashew processor in the world, imports a vast majority of its RCN from Africa. As...

Acting Director-General of the Cashew nuts Board of Tanzania,  Francis Alfred, has expressed the government’s commitment to promoting cashew processing in Tanzania.

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Cashew has a global reputation for its rich nutritional content and many health benefits when consumed, including its ability to fight Type II diabetes, as well as containing five times the vitamin C content of oranges and being cholesterol-free.

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Cashew has over the past six decades, developed from being grown to fight erosion and desertification into a very important economic and, in some situations, political commodity in Africa.

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The African Cashew Alliance (ACA) is projecting an increase in cashew production in Africa in 2021 despite the effects of the pandemic on the global cashew industry.

 

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