Cashew Industry News

The latest news from the African cashew industry.

Impose taxes on export of raw cashew nuts - processors urge govt

6 Apr, 2018

Cashew processors have called on the government to impose taxes and levies on the exportation of raw cashew nuts to protect the...

Technical Consultant (ACA/BUSAC Funds Project)

26 Mar, 2018

The ACA/BUSAC Funds project seeks to employ the services of a technical consultant to Identify Advocacy Needs for the Cashew Private sector Value chain in Ghana, which will create a conducive business environment for value addition. ...

La Banque mondiale accorde $ 500 millions au cacao et cajou en Côte d'Ivoire

26 Mar, 2018

L'agriculture figurait en bonne place dans l'entretien hier entre le président ivoirien Alassane Ouattara et le vice-président de la Banque mondiale pour...

New cashew variety promises yield in first year

22 Mar, 2018

In what could be a boon to cashew farmers, the Directorate of Cashew Research (DCR) at Puttur, Karnataka has come out with a new hybrid, H-130, which starts yielding from the...

Government suspends fumigation levy; import VAT

22 Mar, 2018

Government has indefinitely suspended the Fumigation Levy on imports and exports, barely a month after ...

Ghana to stop exporting raw materials – Osafo Marfo

19 Mar, 2018

Mr. Yaw Osafo Marfo, Senior Minister, has hinted at plans by government to halt the export of raw materials from Ghana to...

Freight Forwarders to fly red flags to protest fumigation levy

19 Mar, 2018

The Deputy Chairman of the Tema Chapter of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF), Johnny Mantey, has told Citi News that freight forwarders will fly red flags at the Port in protest against...