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Madame Taraf Honored as one of Africa's Most Influential Women in Business and Government

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On the 5^th of September, 2013, Madame Georgette Taraf, the ACA President, was honored as one of Africa’s Most Influential Women in Business...

New Video Highlights the Work of ACA Along the Cashew Value Chain

Unshelling Cashew: Improving Livelihoods

<div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/en/news-and-info/blog/350-gather-accra-ghana-aca-world-cashew-festival-and-expo-2013"><h3>350 Gather in Accra, Ghana for The ACA World Cashew Festival and Expo 2013</h3></a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>On the 16-19th of September, 2013 cashew industry representatives from around the world convened in Accra, Ghana for the ACA World Cashew Festival and Expo 2013.  The event was the African Cashew Alliance's 8th annual conference, and the nearly 350 participants made it a success, once again. </p> <p><br><img alt="" class="media-image" height="375" style="width: 500px; height: 375px;" width="500" src="http://www.africancashewalliance.com/sites/default/files/resize/opening_ceremony_0-500x375.jpg" title="" /></p> <p>The Opening Ceremony commenced three days of partnership and...</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/en/news-and-info/blog/online-registration-closed-aca-world-cashew-festival-and-expo-2013"><h3>Online Registration Closed - ACA World Cashew Festival and Expo 2013</h3></a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>Please note that on-site registration has different conference fees than online registration.<br><br><strong>Core Members</strong>  <br>      Farmers: $300.00<br>     1 Delegate: $500.00<br><strong>Stakeholder Members </strong><br>     1 Delegate: $800.00<br><strong>Government Representative </strong>: $500.00<br><strong>Non-Members</strong>: $1200.00</p> <p>The 8th Annual ACA Conference will be held on the 16-19th of September, 2013 at the Moevenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra, Ghana.  If you missed your chance...</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/en/news-and-info/blog/value-chain-and-gains-preview-years-conference-theme"><h3>Value Chain and Gains - A Preview of This Year's Conference Theme</h3></a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><h3>One Tree, Many Benefits: Potential Gains in the Cashew Value Chain</h3> <p>Last year in Ghana, 60,000 small holder farmers tended to cashew trees on around 60,000 hectares of land.  While best known for producing a kidney-shaped snack nut, these trees and their products hold potential far beyond one type of consumption.  From pastes, to juice, to cookies, discovering the many uses of the products of the tree is crucial to truly taking advantage of this unique natural resource and to boosting a sector which accounted for 6% of Ghana’s total GDP last year. </p> <p>Cashew...</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/en/news-and-info/newsletter/aca-featured-wtos-4th-review-aid-trade"><h3>ACA Featured in WTO's 4th Review of Aid for Trade</h3></a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>On July 9, 2013, Georgette Taraf, ACA President, Partheeban Theodore, Advisory Board member and Vice President & Head of Export Operations at Olam International, and Arie Endendijk, Managing Director of Intersnack Procurement at Intersnack Group, represented the ACA at a U.S. sponsored event in Geneva, Switzerland.  The event was part of the WTO’s 4th Review of Aid for Trade, which focused specifically on adding value along production chains, and the benefits of participation in global value chains. </p> <p>...</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/en/news-and-info/newsletter/introducing-dr-kantha-shelke-speaker-aca-world-cashew-festival-and-expo"><h3>Introducing Dr. Kantha Shelke: A Speaker at the ACA World Cashew Festival and Expo 2013</h3></a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>The African Cashew Alliance is excited to introduce Kantha Shelke as a speaker at the ACA World Cashew Festival and Expo 2013 on 16-19 September in Accra, Ghana.  Dr. Shelke, a leading food scientist, will present during the "New Market Opportunities" portion of this year's plenary discussion.  We were lucky enough to ask her a few questions about her background and even get a sneak-peak at what she will be presenting at the conference.</p> <h4><em>Ms Shelke, can you please introduce yourself?</em>...</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/en/news-and-info/newsletter/aca-benefits-come-full-circle-new-partnership"><h3>ACA Benefits Come Full Circle in New Partnership</h3></a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>The ACA recently saw its mission realized by a new team of cashew processing companies.  In late June 2013, the Food Processing Co. Ltd. (Food Pro) was in the process of implementing the ACA Quality and Sustainability Seal program at their plant in Nigeria.  In order to better understand the necessary elements of an efficient and quality factory, the Food Pro team hoped to tour a working and Seal approved facility. Their search led them to a man and company that had once been in their position.</p> <div> <div> <div> <div> <p>Just 3 years ago, Patrick Wainaina came...</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/en/news-and-info/newsletter/discussion-acas-global-development-alliance-private-sector-partners"><h3>A Discussion with ACA's Global Development Alliance Private Sector Partners</h3></a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>On April 26, 2013, the USAID officially awarded the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) with a Global Development Alliance (GDA) grant.  Pegged as a market-based approach to meeting business and development objectives, the GDA grant to ACA is meant to result in $10M of additional income for rural communities, over a two-year time span.  The African Cashew Alliance will be leveraging its public-private partnerships to meet these benchmarks.  <span class="media-image media-image-right media-float-right" style="width:260px; float:right">...</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/en/news-and-info/newsletter/value-chains-and-gains-aca-world-cashew-festival-and-expo-2013"><h3>Value Chains and Gains - The ACA World Cashew Festival and Expo 2013</h3></a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>The ACA community truly comes alive for a couple of days each year at the annual ACA Cashew Conference.  This meeting of cashew industry representatives is now the largest cashew industry event in the world, and it brought together over 500 delegates from 36 different countries in Benin last year. For the past 7 years, conference participants have benefited from new business partnerships, information on the latest market trends and technology, and first-hand exposure to some of Africa’s most prominent farms and processing factories.  The conference is truly a microcosm of the...</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item-list"><ul class="pager"><li class="pager-previous first"><a title="Go to previous page" href="/en/news-and-info/newsletter?page=30">‹ previous</a></li> <li class="pager-current">32 of 42</li> <li class="pager-next last"><a title="Go to next page" href="/en/news-and-info/newsletter?page=32">next ›</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-easy-social-easy-social-block-1" class="block block-easy-social odd"> <div class="content"> <div class="easy_social_box clearfix horizontal easy_social_lang_en"> <div class="easy_social-widget easy_social-widget-twitter first"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="http://africancashewalliance.net/en/news-and-info/newsletter?page=31" data-count="vertical" data-lang = "en" data-via="" data-related=":Check it out!" data-text="African Cashew Alliance">Tweet</a></div> <div class="easy_social-widget easy_social-widget-facebook"><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?locale=en_US&href=http%3A//africancashewalliance.net/en/news-and-info/newsletter%3Fpage%3D31&send=false&layout=box_count&width=48&show_faces=true&action=like&colorscheme=light&font=&height=90&appId=" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:48px; height:90px;" allowTransparency="true">

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