West Africa produces a vast majority of global cashews. The subregion produces about 50% of the world's raw cashew nuts (RCNs), hence its role in the sustainability of the global cashew industry cannot be underestimated. As a tropical tree crop with some level of resistance to drought, cashew does better in the Sahel region compared to other tree...
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The latest news from the African cashew industry.
16 Oct, 2023
In the first nine months of 2023, Cambodia produced 639,000 metric tonnes of raw cashew nuts, of which 613,200 metric tonnes were exported to Vietnam worth $829 million, a decrease of 16.3% compared to the same period in 2022.
Uon Siloth, President of the Cambodian Cashew Association, told local news on Monday, October 16, that the Cambodian Cashew Association had lowered its forecast...
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16 Oct, 2023
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed this in its recent Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics report.
The report stated that in the first quarter of 2023, N27.1 billion of cashew nuts in the shell were exported, with the Republic of Vietnam topping the list, while N6.8 billion of cashew nuts shelled were......
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16 Oct, 2023
13 Oct, 2023
The African Cashew Alliance (ACA) has called for enhanced collaboration among countries, private and public sectors as well as development partners in the growth and sustainability agenda of the cashew industry in Africa.
This call was made in a speech delivered by the Head of Finance and...
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13 Oct, 2023
Vice President, Dr Philip Mpango has called on African countries to boost local consumption of cashewnuts and their by-products and tap into the enormous continental market of almost 1.4 billion people, under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Launching Tanzania International...
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29 Sep, 2023
The African Cashew Alliance (ACA) has called on President of the Consultative International Cashew Council (CICC) to create an African Cashew Development Fund, which will help develop a system where Raw Cashew Nuts (RCN) are processed in Africa instead of...
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28 Sep, 2023
Burkina Faso has been announced as the host of the next edition of the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) Annual Cashew Conference and Expo.
This announcement was made by the President of the Board of Directors of ACA, Mr...
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14 Aug, 2023
In June of this year, the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce formally introduced its National Policy on Cashew 2022–2027, which aims to transform ...
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14 Aug, 2023
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and the German Agency for International Corporation (GIZ) are targeting the over $7.57 billion estimated cashew nut global market.
Nigeria’s quest to meet the rising global demand for cashew nuts is...
