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From time immemorial, women have contributed in various capacities to the development of the cashew industry worldwide. The contribution of women in the entire cashew value chain, from production to consumption, organizing the sector to create a conducive business environment, etc. cannot go unmentioned.

ACA is proud to be an implementer of the Walmart Foundation’s “Empowering Women Cashew Farmers” project which is one of ACA’s key contributions to improving the lives of African women cashew farmers. ACA has also partnered with key industry organizations like ComCashew, who have...

For the last three decades, Africa has become a well-known agricultural commodities producer with cashew nuts consistently ranking as one of the most economically important commodities. Produced by more than thirteen countries in Africa since the 18th century, the 1970s were the golden years for the African cashew industry, where domestic value-addition was at its peak. In this area, cashew processing reached over 200,000 MT due to contributions by Mozambique based mega processing facilities mostly owned by Anglo-Americans. However, increased political instabilities across the...

Returning from the holidays, ACA Secretariat held its annual staff retreat from the 13th to 14th of January 2017. Themed “Strategizing for Greater Impact and Results”, the retreat aimed to brainstorm and gather ideas for the preparation of a new strategy for the Alliance in 2017 and beyond.  After 10 years of existence, in a very dynamic industry, ACA has definitely gotten to a point where re-strategizing to meet the pressing needs of the industry, such that the organization becomes relevant for its existence is necessary. Mr. Ernest Mintah, Interim Managing Director of ACA...

On February 27^th, ACA’s Sector Organization Head, Olivier Kabré and Head of Corporate Services, Marian Lamptey, participated in an emergency executive committee meeting of the Ghana Cashew Industry Association (CIAG), Ghana’s national cashew industry body. Over a couple of hours, members at the meeting deliberated on proposed regulations for cashew exports, presented by GEPA and PPRSD as part of outcomes from the Joint Ministerial Technical Committee. These regulations, if enforced are expected to sanitize and to some extent, resolve the issues of unlawful farm gate RCN...