Cashew Industry News

The latest news from the African cashew industry.

OIKOCREDIT invest USD$3.5m in Valency Agro Nig. Ltd. to expand cashew processing and export; support girl child education

22 Oct, 2021

Cashew processing at Valency Agro Nigeria Ltd has received a boost in capacity with USD$3.5m funding from social impact investor and worldwide cooperative, Oikocredit, to support the cashew nuts processing and...read more

YARA to introduce new digital platform at the 11th Preharvest Agribusiness Exhibitions and Conference

19 Oct, 2021

Ghana’s foremost agrochemical company, YARA Ghana has again put its weight behind the Pre-harvest Agribusiness Conference....

Vietnam's cashew nuts account for nearly 90 percent of US cashew imports

15 Oct, 2021

The US imported over 97,000 tonnes of cashew nuts worth 615.68 million USD during the first seven months of this year, an increase of 0.5 percent in volume and a drop of...

Fixing the Global Cashew Supply Chain: Processing in Africa the solution?

12 Oct, 2021

Cashew has a global reputation for its rich nutritional content and many health benefits when consumed, including its ability to fight Type II diabetes, as well as containing five times the vitamin C content of oranges and being cholesterol-free.

The tree crop has also, over the years, become...

Tanzania's Cashew Farmers Optimistic As Trading Season Begins

5 Oct, 2021

Dar es Salaam — Cashewnut farmers have high expectations of getting better prices compared to last season as the 2021/22 trading season is slated to start next Friday.

The farmers have also expressed hope that they will be...read more

Going nuts! Scientists in Karnataka develop hybrid variety of cashews that could boost farmers' income

5 Oct, 2021

The agricultural sector, pandemic or not, faces a host of hardships. From rainfall — either too much or too little of it — to the rise in transportation costs, farmers have to deal with these issues all the time.

However, there is some good news for......

Processing capacity low as cashew season opens

28 Sep, 2021

The fact that a US-based company has shown interest in buying all the cashew nuts which are processed in Tanzania is a major incentive to the government to boost its...read more

Today in History: Cashew farmers will be prosperous under my government - Mahama

25 Sep, 2021

The 2020 flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC, John Dramani Mahama) , during his campaign promised to make the cashew business lucrative in Ghana...

Global demand for cashews is booming. How Ghana can take advantage to create jobs

21 Sep, 2021

The global cashew industry has grown rapidly over the last decade, driven by the increasing consumption of cashew nuts around the world. And the market for raw cashews is ...

Supply of Relief Items to Cashew Processors in Ghana

27 Aug, 2021

Background

The Competitive Cashew initiative (ComCashew) aims to strengthen the competitiveness of African Cashew processors to reduce poverty amongst small-scale farmers in its project countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mozambique and Sierra-Leonne. The African Cashew Alliance (ACA) an implementing partner of ComCashew has been...