From 26th to 30th November the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) jointly with Sunil Dahia, ACA Business Advisor, conducted a program on capacity-building for small scale farmer & processor groups and government agency representatives on the fundamentals of a competitive Tanzanian cashew industry. UNIDO agreed on this first cooperation with the African Cashew Alliance on 5 November, 2012. ACA and UNIDO aim to collaborate on mutual beneficial activities relating to the Promotion of Cashew Value Chain Development in Tanzania....
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From November 27 to 28, the ACA Executive Committee met at the ACA Secretariat offices for an extraordinary meeting, held in addition to the usual semi-annual timetable. The seven EC members travelled from Benin, Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, India, and the US. Elected by current ACA members in September at the Conference, this was the first time that all seven EC members have met together.
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ACA scores with 7th ACA Annual Conference in Cotonou: High Marks recorded on Participant Evaluations
The African Cashew Alliance recently released an evaluation report of the September 17-20, 2012 7th ACA Conference. Participant surveys indicated high levels of satisfaction with the conference program, while the feedback will also guide planning for next year’s conference – the 8th World Cashew Festival and Expo13, taking place in Lagos, Nigeria in September 2013. The following charts communicate the key conclusions and numbers resulting from the evaluations. For many, the...
by Ann-Christin Berger, African Cashew Initiative
The African Cashew Initiative has launched a Cashew Matching Fund Grant designed to help accelerate the development of the cashew industry in its five project countries; Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire and Mozambique. As it begins its second phase and builds on lessons learned in its 1st Phase, the Cashew Matching Fund Grant was designed to allow more private sector partners such as retailers, buyers, processors, farmer groups and public research organizations, to design and implement projects regarding farmer linkages...
The leadership of ACA underwent an evolution in Cotonou, Benin, as a result of the Executive Committee Elections held on September 18. Votes from Core Members elected the 2012-2014 Executive Committee, which will be led by Madame Georgette Taraf, ACA’s first woman president!...
On Friday, September 2012, ACA Member West Africa Markets Link (WAML) was awarded the Gold Award for the Export of Cashew Nuts in 2011 by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority. Winfred Osei, Managing Director of WAML, accepted the award at the 22nd National Awards for Export Achievement in Accra, Ghana.
The award, given for companies working with non...
From 17-20 September, cashew stakeholders from around the world gathered in Cotonou, Benin from to attend the 7th ACA Annual Conference. The event was the world’s biggest cashew event to date, with more than 500 registered participants from 36 countries. Keynote speakers, sector-specific workshops, and hundreds of Business2Business meeting provided both first-time attendees and experienced industry players with key information and tools to facilitate the continued development of the African cashew industry.
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Following the elections in September, the ACA Executive Committee will now be led by Georgette Taraf, who succeeds Idrissa Kilangi, who acted as ACA President since March 2011. Madame Taraf hails from Benin, where she first became involved in cashew in 1996 as a buyer. A decade later, Madame Taraf entered the export side of the industry, establishing NAD&Co Industry in 2008, which opened a processing facility in 2011. She began working with ACA as head of the national committee in 2010, going on to serve as National Representative. This year, she helped establish a national...
The 7th ACA Annual Conference provided a prime opportunity for cooperation among cashew associations as part of ACA’s Partnership and Advocacy service offer. The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) and ACA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate promotion of the cashew industry in Nigeria. The agreement outlines a framework that will guide institutional development, exchange of information, and implementation of programs for cashew business development.
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This month, Mim Cashew is set to be officially certified under the ACA Quality and Sustainability Seal. The Ghanaian processor, with facilities in the Brong-Ahafo region of the country, will be the second company to receive this approval, following the inaugural certification of Tolaro Global in May of this year.
Mim began the Seal-approval process in March, when the...
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