ACA Project Coordinator, Miriam Gyamfi, gives presentation on the nutritional benefits of cashews (above)
In partnership with the African Cashew Initiative project, ACA organized and implemented a Master Training Program...
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ACA Managing Director, Roger Brou (center), with ACA’s Bissau representative (left), and President of Processors in Bissau, Florentino Nanque (right)
As the world’s fifth largest cashew exporter behind India, Vietnam, Cote d’Ivoire, and Brazil, Guinea-Bissau depends heavily upon cashew nuts as a major income source for...
Although African cashew production continues to rise year after year, there is no avoiding the fact that the 2014 cashew harvest was disappointingly low compared to expectations: while ACA’s analysis projected a continent-wide increase of 10.5% this year, the actual rise was a mere 2.2%. ...
The African Cashew Alliance’s prestigious World Cashew Festival & Expo returns to Ghana for the second year running, with a four-day event beginning on 11th November at the Accra International Conference Centre. Over 400 delegates from all over the world and from all levels of the cashew value chain will converge to forge business deals, share knowledge, and discuss the future of the industry.
Last year, 364 people from 22 countries gathered to attend what has long been the largest annual cashew industry event in the world, and this year’s event is expected to be even...
In collaboration with ACi, ACA organized the third session of the Master Training Program (MTP) in Sunyani, Ghana. The Master Training Program aims to reinforce and expand the knowledge of the cashew sector stakeholders from producers to buyers, including both public and private service providers such as researchers, extension officers, NGOs, and others, and began in December 2013 in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso with the first of three sessions. The second session took place in Bouaké in April, and the final session occurred from 14 to 19 July 2014 in Sunyani, Ghana. This...
Each year, the International Nut & Dried Fruit Council (INC) organizes a business convention which brings together close to 1,000 professionals from various nut value chains from around the world.
ACA has been a member of INC for several years, consistently attending and participating in this business convention. This year, the ACA Managing Director, Mr. Roger Brou, was officially invited to...
The African Cashew Alliance (ACA), as one of the major players in the global cashew industry, participated in the Vietnam-Africa Cashew Cooperation and Development Forum at the Golden Cashew Rendezvous Vietnam 2014, which took place May 15-17, 2014.
Mr. Sunil Dahiya, the ACA’s Business Advisor, represented the ACA at the conference. Delegations representing other African countries were also present...
On June 18th in Banjul, The Gambia inaugurated its new cashew and sesame sector strategies as a joint endeavor of the International Trade Center (ITC), the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment. This launch served as part of the Sector Competitiveness and Export Diversification Project, which was officially established in 2012 for the...
The ACA Quality and Sustainability Seal is recognized internationally as an industry-wide accepted certification program ensuring compliance with global standards of quality, food safety, and fair labor standards. The program is compliant with all of the stipulations outlined by the US Food Safety Modernization Act. The Seal program was established with a threefold vision: to increase African cashew competitiveness in the...
L’Ivoirenne de Noix de Caju (INC), a recently recruited ACA member, recently made a formal request to the ACA to receive the benefits of ACA business linkages and assistance in launching and developing its cashew business venture. INC is a new cashew processor seeking...
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