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Tanzania: Firm supports organic cashew farming

Source: Daily News July 30, 2008 OLAM Tanzania Limited has delivered 24 tonnes of organic anti-fungal drug for treatment of cashew trees known as Thiovit Jet worth 28m/- to six co-operative societies in Mpapura Ward, Mtwara Region.
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Vietnam: Cashew industry thirsty for materials

Source: FreshPlaza July 22, 2008

Cashew processing workshops now find it hard to arrange enough material for processing as domestic output has been decreasing dramatically while it is not easy to find foreign supply sources. According to the Vietnam Cashew Association (Vinacas), the cashew harvests have finished in Dong Nai province, in the Central Highlands and coastal areas in the southern central region. Meanwhile, in Binh Phuoc province, weather changes have caused the loss of 50,000 tonnes.

Guinea-Bissau economy captive to cocktail snack

Source: Reuters July 15,2008

The next time you grab a handful of cashew nuts at a party, think that you may be holding the economic heartbeat of one tiny West African state in the palm of your hand.

Cashew units fail to cash-in on record price

Source: The Hindu July 13, 2008

While the international price of cashew kernel touched an all time high of $3.65 a pound (450 gm), the cashew industry here could not benefit much from it. This was mainly because the record price proved to be only a week-long phenomenon witnessed from June 22.

Cashewnut price reaches new high in international market

Source: The Hindu July 11, 2008

The crisis in the industrial sector in Vietnam and Brazil, the main competitors of India in the cashewnut market has resulted in its price reaching a new high of dollar 3.60 per pound in the international market as against dollar 1.90 per pound about six months back, according to a top official of the Cashew Export Promotion Council.

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