The latest news from the African cashew industry.
The global cashew market size is estimated to hit an expected value of $10.5 billion by 2031.
Currently, the global cashew market size has reached $7 billion but cashew nut exports from Ghana in 2020 only yielded about $340.7 million, with an estimated untapped potential of......
read moreAn increase in per capita domestic consumption of cashew nut – from 5 grams to 230 grams - over the last two decades has helped the cashew processing industry sustain despite a steep decline in...read more
The African Cashew Alliance (ACA) and the Market Oriented Value Chains for Jobs and Growth in the ECOWAS Region (MOVE) in partnership with the European Union (EU) and the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), Ghana’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), the Conseil du Coton...
read moreAt least 80 percent of the working-age population of Guinea-Bissau depends directly or indirectly on the cashew nut industry to earn a living. But as this year's harvest season is drawing to...read more
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) says it has concluded plans for the establishment of a cashew processing plant in Ogbomosho, Oyo State.
The Executive Director of NEPC, Dr Ezra Yakusak, said this on Monday in Abuja at the presentation of the first half-year progress report on......
read moreGreen energy innovation is taking a fascinating turn as scientists have discovered a new way to revolutionize the industry: turning cashew nut shells into biofuel. This breakthrough development has the potential to not only...read more
The ongoing strike at the Palasa cashew market in Srikakulam district, counted among the biggest in the region, has severely affected the lives of thousands of farmers and day workers. While the farmers are unable to sell their produce even at reduced prices, let alone getting remunerative prices, the workers are...
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read moreThe National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) has blamed the lack of a national policy for the neglect of Nigeria’s cashew sector.
The NCAN said the sector is...read more
