The Department of Agriculture in the Mkuranga District of Tanzania have been charged with investigating the fungus disease that appears to be plaguing the cashew trees of the Magawa village. This disease appeared for the first time in the village in 2000, but seems to have re-emerged in full force. To read more, please visit the allAfrica site...
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The latest news from the African cashew industry.
17 Oct, 2014
As of October 2014, Cote d'Ivoire has produced approximately 550,000 metric tons of raw cashew, a record for Africa's highest-producing nation. Experts project the production to double within the next five years, thereby easily overtaking India as the world's largest cashew producer. To read more, please visit the China Post site...
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10 Oct, 2014
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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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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