As part of the new Nigerian cashew export strategy, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), along with the National Cashew Association of Nigeria and USAID, launched an initiative on Wednesday to scale-up cashew production within the country by over 150%, creating approximately 344,000 new jobs and over $75 million in new income. The African Cashew Alliance has been a key partner...
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The latest news from the African cashew industry.
29 Sep, 2014
The government of Guinea-Bissau, in partnership with the Guinean Foundation for Enterprise and Industrial Development (Fundei), created a fund to finance projects related to the processing of cashew nuts. This fund, starting at 1.5 million euros, seeks to dissuade the export of RCN to India and to promote domestic processing and value-addition. To read more, please visit the Macau...
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19 Sep, 2014
Caro amigos e colegas du caju,
É com profundo tristeza que anunciamos o falecimento de nosso ex-presidente, Sr. Idrissa Kilangi. O Sr. Kilangi faleceu no dia 12 de Setembro de 2014 na Tanzânia justo a uma doença. O funeral teve lugar na cidade natal dele em Iringa no sul do planalto da Tanzânia.
O Sr. Kilangi foi inicialmente eleito como o primeiro Vice-presidente da ACA...
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8 Sep, 2014
A joint program was recently launched in Tanzania by the Commission of Science and Technology (COSTECH) and the Mkinga District Council with the intent of reviving the cashew industry. The program, targeting female farmers, provides both training and technological equipment to small-scale female producers in order to improve productivity. To read more, please visit the allAfrica...
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1 Aug, 2014
The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) says it is targeting the support of the U.S. Agency for International Development to develop the country's cashew value chain and improve crop yields. The NCAN National President, Tola Faseru, said the association was already in advanced discussions with the USAID to provide evidence-based advocacy to facilitate access to technical...
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25 Jul, 2014
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11 Jul, 2014
The large majority of Tanzanian-grown raw cashew nuts are exported abroad, most commonly to India, while a mere estimated 10% of the raw crop is processed domestically. Therefore, to stimulate internal national growth of the sector, the Cashewnut Board of Tanzania (CBT), in partnership with cashew stakeholders across the value chain, have made plans to create three new processing...
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4 Jul, 2014
After a record rise in cashew kernel exports last year, exports of the commodity have seen a decline in the first two months of this financial year, owing to a shortage of raw cashew nuts. A decline in production in India and African countries led to the shortage.
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27 Jun, 2014
According to traders, the recent heavy demand for cashew kernels across the world will likely re-stabilize and firm up the market. Cashew usage in the major importing countries has been rising steadily, most likely due to the recent stability in prices. The drought in California has also caused the supply of almonds to drop dramatically, thereby driving up demand for other nuts....
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