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ACA Promotes Sector Organization in Guinea-Bissau

ACA envisions an African cashew industry where each country has strong local institutions and an active platform for collaboration. In line with this vision, ACA hosted a National Stakeholders Dialogue in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau on April 12, 2016. The event was organized by ACA and co-sponsored by the World Bank project, PRSPDA.

The forum, themed “Promoting the cashew sector for sustainable value-addition in the national economy”, sought to bring together stakeholders from across the cashew value chain for a facilitated dialogue. Important participants included...

Gaining Momentum in Empowering Cashew Farmers

In partnership with Self Help Africa, ACA is addressing issues of gender equality and good agricultural practices through the "Empower Women Cashew Farmers" project in Ghana and Kenya. This project, which started in June 2015 and is funded by the Walmart Foundation, aims to increase the income of smallholder households by training farmers on good farming practices. To ensure that the African market will be the final beneficiary of the intervention, the project will simultaneously train farmers and create linkages between farmer communities and processing facilities. The project...

ACA Partners with World Bank to Support the Cashew Industry in Guinea-Bissau

ACA has begun an exciting new project targeting the empowerment of the cashew industry in Guinea-Bissau. Cashew is a vital commodity in the national economy, accounting for the majority of the country's GDP and exports. In April, ACA traveled to meet with the currently active World Bank project, PRSPDA in Guinea-Bissau. ACA will work with PRSPDA to support the development of the processing sector in Guinea-Bissau.

Under the partnership with ACA, Chief Business Officer, Sunil Dahiya, and Assistant Manager for Food Safety...

2016 ACA Conference Registration is Officially Open!

We are proud to announce that registration for the 2016 ACA World Cashew Festival & Expo is now available on our website! Visit our website to register for this event, being held from September 19-22, 2016 at the Ledger Hotel in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.

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The Recipe Room: Chocolate-Filled Cashew Cookies

INGREDIENTS

1 roll Pillsbury™ refrigerated sugar cookies
¼ cup all-purpose flour
1 cup salted cashews or peanuts, chopped
1 bag (13 oz) milk chocolate candy drops or pieces (about 81), unwrapped
46 salted whole cashews or peanuts...

ACA Partner Highlight: The African Cashew Initiative

The African Cashew Initiative (ACi) -

Innovative Delivery Methods of Addressing the Challenges in the Cashew Sector

By Rita Weidinger, Executive Director GIZ/ACi

ACi together with private and public partners focuses on organizing and building a sustainable African cashew sector to reduce poverty. To date, the initiative has supported more than 400,000 cashew farmers to add at least US$ 600 to their annual family income. ACi is active in five project countries namely, Benin,...

ACA Team Attends Two International Industry Conferences

Two large international conferences, one in the U.S. and one in Dubai, have allowed ACA to meet with key industry players and partners and discuss the development of the industry. From the 15^th to the 18^th of January, ACA Managing Director Dr. Oyewole Babafemi and ACA Finance Manager Akwasi Adom-Dankwa participated at the 4-day business convention organized by the Peanut and Tree Nuts Processors Association (PTNPA) at the Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.A. The PTNPA convention brings together most US peanut and tree nut processors along with many foreign processors...

ACA reaches mid-point in USAID WATIH Project

With the completion of the third workshop under ACA’s partnership with the USAID West Africa Trade & Investment Hub, ACA has successfully implemented the first phase of the workshop series). The U.S. Agency for International Development administers the U.S. foreign assistance program providing economic and humanitarian assistance in more than 80 countries worldwide. The goal of the project is to significantly increase the capacity and technical knowledge of cashew processing in the West African cashew value chain.

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National Cashew Dialogue in Accra, Ghana

On the 19^th of January 2016, the Cashew Industry Association of Ghana (CIAG), with the support of ACA and other partners, organized the first ever National Cashew Dialogue under the theme: “Revitalizing the Cashew Sector: An Opportunity Neglected by the Nation”. CIAG is an umbrella body of players...

Envisioning 2016: A Message from the ACA Managing Director

Dear ACA Members and Cashew Industry Stakeholders,

We started the year 2016 with a renewed commitment to provide services to our members and engage in networking activities so as to promote the cashew sector and ensure the visibility of ACA as an international industry alliance. In preparation for the year, ACA held a strategy meeting where we reviewed our activities for 2015 and developed the work plan for 2016. The highlight of the work plan is the crafting of strategies aimed at sustaining the support of our stakeholders through the delivery of value-adding services and...