The commercialization of cashew nuts in Mozambique in the current 2016/2017 harvest season is expected to reach 120,000 tonnes compared to the 100,000 registered tons in the previous harvest season, said the director of INCAJU, the National Institute of Cashew Development. Ilídio Bande, who spoke in the Nampula district during…
According to an article on Bloomberg, the world’s sales for cashew nuts are growing faster than any other nut, even as the production in some regions slows. “The global popularity of the kidney-shaped nut has been growing faster than any other tree nut — even almonds. Demand jumped 53 percent…
Mida Juma, MozaCajú’s head chef, has grown up cooking with cashew nuts. Born and raised on Ilha de Moçambique, a historic island in the northern province of Nampula, Mida loves cooking traditional dishes as well as experimenting to discover fun, new ways to add cashew to her diet. As she…
In an interview in The Nation, a Nigerian newspaper, Dr. Babafemi Oyewole the Managing Director/CEO of the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) says that that investment in cashew farming can help countries such as Nigeria diversify from a mono product economy. Cashew, he explains, has high prospects of attracting…
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…
