Benefits of the cashew apple

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Benefits of the cashew apple

• Very high vitamin C 5X an orange
• Other nutrients
• Exotic and different market trend
• Currently unused low cost input

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Potential of a project
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Difficulties of the cashew apple

• Market - no existing market in South Africa
• Seasonality 4 months harvest
• Perishability 3 days to use fruit
• Labour Intensive cost vs employment

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Difficulties of the cashew apple

• Market - no existing market in South Africa
• Seasonality 4 months harvest
• Perishability 3 days to use fruit
• Labour Intensive cost vs employment
• address difficulties with project design

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DISCUSSION

• Large opportunity to impact in Makhatini Flats
• Ithala Investment Corporation will support
• Need to get stakeholder support
• Umkhanyakude District Municipality
• Maputaland Cashew Nut Farmers Association
• Traditional Leaders
• KwaZulu Natal Department of Agriculture
• To avoid enterprise failure we must ensure
  funding continuity

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THANK YOU