African Cashew Alliance

Source: Awareness Times  September 13, 2007 

The Executive of Magbema Cashew Farmers’ Association (MCFA) on Wednesday 13th September presented about 250,000 cashew nut seedlings to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security as their own assistance to farmers in both the Northern Province and the western Area of the country.

Source: Commodity Online  September 13, 2007

BANGALORE: This year also India is not in a position to stop Vietnam’s cashew run. According to reports, Vietnam, which beat India last year in cashew kernel exports, is set to repeat the feat this time also.  India, which was the top exporter till 2006, exported only 117,000 tonnes last year, while Vietnam notched up 127,000 tonnes of exports.

Source: Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation

Cashew farmers in Western Province have been urged to apply for the K37 Billion that government has released under the ministry of agriculture. Agriculture Deputy Minister, Albert Mulonga said the funds are meant to boost agriculture production and cashew farmers are no exception.

Source: Lanka Business Online  September 6, 2007

Sri Lanka has started a programme to encourage the cultivation and consumption of cashew nuts, saying it is good for health and has a good export potential.  "Cashew is a crop that will help eradicate poverty as it grows in difficult areas and is easy to grow, not needing much care and maintenance," said Priyanath Piyadasa, deputy chairman of the Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation Thursday.  "Therefore it is an ideal crop for the dry zone and also for poor farmers to grow."