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New ACA Member Highlight: Raw Indulgence Ltd.

Based in the United States, Raw Indulgence Ltd. joined ACA as a corporate stakeholder in May of 2015. The company has been in business for approximately 12 years. Since their inception, they have sough to strive for excellence in taste, nutrition and quality in order to create a path of transforming the health of people and the planet.

Nearly all of their super healthy and mostly-certified organic products have been based on cashew nuts. Raw Indulgence Ltd. prides itself on inventing and manufacturing some of the world’s most delicious healthy food products. Their main products...

The Recipe Room: Cashew & Veggie Pie

INGREDIENTS

•                4 tomatoes

•                2 carrots( about 2 medium carrots)

•        ...

ACA Delivers Presentation on Environmental Impact

 

On August 17th, 2015, ACA Seal Coordinator, Dorcas Amoh, gave a presentation launching the USAID-funded Trade Hub Study on environmental management in cashew processing. This issue is crucial to the future of the industry in Africa, prompting the need for reform and environmentally-friendly solutions. The presentation was...

The ACA World Cashew Festival & Expo in the Press!

On May 20, 2015 the African Cashew Alliance (ACA), in collaboration with INCAJU, the national body for the Mozambican cashew sector, participated in a press conference at the VIP Hotel in Maputo to promote the 9th Annual ACA World Cashew Festival and Expo 2015.  ACA’s Business Advisory Manager, Sunil Dahiya, and INCAJU’s General Director, Filomena...

Farewell to an Esteemed Team Member

After serving as the Managing Director of ACA for just under two years, Mr. Roger Brou said farewell to the ACA Secretariat in April 2015.  Brou was a well-respected and very highly esteemed manager and will be remembered very fondly for his numerous contributions to the organization.  Having moved to Abidjan to be closer to his family, he will continue to be a...

ACA Secures USAID Funding for GDA 2 Extension

The African Cashew Alliance is happy to announce the confirmation of the second phase of the Global Development Alliance (GDA) with USAID. This new phase of the project will run from April 2015 until May 2017, with an optional buy-in of one additional year.

The original GDA was carried out from May 2013 to March 2015 with the goal of improving rural livelihoods by increasing the competitiveness of cashew processing...

ACA Quality and Sustainability Seal Highlight: Anatrans

On June 17th, 2015, the processing facility of Anatrans was re-approved for the ACA Quality and Sustainability Seal Certification following a visit to their facility earlier that same month. Anatrans subscribed to the ACA Seal program in July 2012, and in May 2013 the facility became the first processing facility in Burkina Faso to be ACA Seal-approved.

Anatrans was founded in 2009 as a joint venture between a Burkinabe company, Anatrans S.A., and a Dutch company, White Bird International B.V. It is located in Bobo-Dioulasso, which is the second largest city in Burkina Faso, about...

GSA Launches 2015 Quality Campaign

TheGlobal Shea Alliance (GSA) and national associations in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali and Nigeria launched the 2015 shea quality campaign in May. An estimated 20,000 women collectors across the region are now learning best practices for collecting and processing shea kernels.

GSA has worked closely with the ACA and Bordless Alliance (BA) since December 2013 under the USAID Toward Inclusive...

The Recipe Room: Cashew Biscotti

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup raw cashew

• 1 tablespoon puréed cashew

• 3 large eggs

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 2 cups all-purpose flour

• 3/4 cups granulated white sugar

• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Serves 28 biscotti

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Early bird registration extended for the ACA conference!


Early bird registration has been extended until July 31st, 2015! Register...

African Cashew Alliance: Growing the cashew industry

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