Founded in February 2013, Cajou des Savanes (CASA) is a cashew processor located in Bouake, Cote d’Ivoire that currently employs 720 workers, roughly 80 percent of whom are women. Over the course of one year, CASA worked with ACA’s team of technical experts - Dorcas Amoah (ACA Seal Coordinator) and Sunil...
In February 2015, ACA launched its new and improved website to better cater to the needs of its users and improve its navigability. In addition to an aesthetic face-lift and more user-friendly design, be sure to check out:
- An updated “Country Profiles” section
- A specialized “Members’ Area” to streamline...
CashewGam, a Gambian cashew processor and ACA member, has just become the first Gambian company ever to export processed cashew to the United States. The Gambian-owned company has signed its first contract to supply a container of processed cashew to a major US buyer, and the shipment is now making its way across the Atlantic.
CashewGam opened its new factory in April 2014, following...
Since the beginning of 2014, ACA has been collaborating with USAID to implement a program to train small-scale farmers in three West African countries – Nigeria, Benin, and Côte d’Ivoire – on best practices, and subsequently linking them to local processors. This program complies with USAID’s Toward Inclusive Markets Everywhere Annual...
The African Cashew Alliance (ACA) has received a new grant from the African Development Bank’s Africa Trade Fund (AfTra) to implement an extensive technical assistance program for cashew processors in 8 countries in East and West Africa.
Last week, the African Cashew Alliance celebrated the expansion of its Seal program by welcoming CASA, located in Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire, to its family of Seal-certified cashew processors. CASA has worked with ACA’s...
For the rest of January, ACA members can enjoy heavily discounted rates on registration and accommodation for CashewInfo.com’s inaugural World Cashew...
NOTICE: THIS CALL IS OPEN FROM 7th to 24th JANUARY, 2015
1. The Cashew Matching Grant Fund
Adopting Good Agricultural Practices results in better quality of raw cashew nuts while stable, reliable linkages between farmers, processors and buyers is extremely essential for the competitiveness of African cashews. These are the lessons the German International Cooperation (GIZ) project African Cashew initiative (ACi) and the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) learned from years of implementing cashew sector...
ACA experienced a multitude of successes and changes during the year of 2014. It was difficult to choose our most significant moments, but here is a glimpse:
January: In collaboration with the Global Shea Alliance and Borderless Alliance, ACA was awarded a grant under the USAID Toward Inclusive Markets Everywhere (TIME) program entitled “Industry Alliances Working Together to Empower Poor Rural Women in the Cashew and Shea Sectors”. This project seeks to help farmers to improve product quality and meet international standards in both sectors, strengthening their ability to...
The ongoing expansion of the African Cashew Alliance’s farmer training program began to show fruit in November 2014, when ACA agricultural expert Mohamed Salifou returned to Nigeria to assess the implementation of the ACA’s ongoing Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) training. Mr. Salifou ascertained that a total of 2,023 farmers, of whom around 25% are female, have now received GAP training...
