According to Corrina Hutchings, market analyst at Mintec, “The cashew nut is increasing in popularity as research continues to show the health benefits for consuming them – as long as they are not salted or honey roasted! Raw cashews will not only improve the taste of your curries or stir-fries,…
Cashew farmers in Mozambique work hard all year to secure a good harvest from their cashew trees. Perhaps even more important than collecting the harvest, though, is the process of selling the harvest on the market, which is referred to as the time of commercialization. For cashew farmers this is an…
Alda Filomena André, a cashew farmer from the village of 3 de Fevereiro in Nangade district, enjoys showing off her young, green cashew nuts that have begun to emerge on many of her cashew trees. Alda and her husband have worked hard throughout the year to get to this point…
This manual, which acts as the foundation for each of the various MozaCajú trainings that are given to cashew producers, details the actions required at various stages of production, including planting, cleaning and pruning, chemical control of pests and disease, harvest and post-harvest, and commercialization. For more details or…
Under the sprawling branches of a large cashew tree, Angelo Levi, MozaCajú production lead, gazes at a group of farmers who have gathered to attend a training on the chemical treatment of cashew trees. According to Levi, the chemical treatment training is one of the most important trainings of the…
In the small village of Cataputa in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, Carlos Lássimo grafts cashew seedlings with his 10-year-old son, Adamo. Just as Lássimo learned about cashew production from his father, he is teaching his son traditional farming knowledge, which is typically passed on from generation to…
O Manual de Alimentação Saudável e Consumo Responsável pelo Istituto Oikos em Moçambique menciona que o cajueiro tem produtos que são partes importantes de alimentação saudável e que podem enriquecer a dieta: “O fruto desta árvore é composto por duas partes: o fruto propriamente dito, a castanha de caju, que contem ácido…
Alexandre Muacuane, residente na aldeia de Milamba, distrito de Chiúre, Cabo Delgado, disse, “Por isso que voces vieram muitos aqui para facilitar o vosso trabalho.” Ele reagia assim quando recebeu a visita de campo em Fevereiro deste ano quando se realizou a reunião da MozaCajú ao falar da necessidade de…
Mussa Assane Chionda is a cashew producer from Namatil village, Mueda disctict, in Cabo Delgado Province. Last season, he and his neighbors produced and aggregated quantity of 120 tons of cashew with MozaCajú assistance. When it was time to sell, he sent an SMS to the CommCare platform. …
Abudo Kunoa and Calisto Ingero are cashew producers in Mucojo, a village in the District of Macomia. Both have complained that cashew crops normally succumb to the Oidium disease, a fungus that causes the leaves to crinkle and become minimally functional. It attacks flowers and young fruits making them look…
