Cashew sector across Africa

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Cashew sector across Africa

• ACA Meeting Benin
• 13 September 2006
• Cotonou

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Production 2006

• Estimated worldwide production of raw cashew nuts
  2006 1,502,000 MT
• Asia 665,000 MT (India, Vietnam, Indonesia and
  Cambodia).
• Brazil 250,000 MT
• East Africa 149,000 MT (Tanzania, Mozambique,
  Kenya, Madagascar
• West Africa 438,000 MT (Cote dIvoire, Guinea
  Bissau, Nigeria, Benin, Senegal, Ghana, Burkina
  Faso, Mali, Guinea Conakry)

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18 producing countries
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Production and processing Asia
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Production Processing Brazil East Africa
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Production Processing West Africa
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14 processing countries
Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea Conakry have
no processing industry operational currently.
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Africa production
More than 2.6 million producers in Africa
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Productivity and Quality
Yield per tree in India 10 kg/tree
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Regulation of the sector
India, Vietnam and Brazil have an export ban on
raw cashews
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Regulation of the sector
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Regulation of the sector
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Thank you

• With input from
• Olam, Peace Corps Benin, SNV Benin, ARECA, SAGIC,
  AICAJU, africancashew.com, NEPC, TechnoServe