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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
At the end of a MozaCajú training that closed with a Cost Benefit Analysis (using a real example), Gaspar Carvalho very humbly shared his experience and achievements obtained from his cashew farm. He already knew that his current yield of 3.2 kg / plant was quite low compared to…
This time we have a story about Agostinho Abudo who lives in Nacutuco, some 5 km from Mucojo Sede. This year he has harvested 10 bags or 900 kg of cashew nuts and has sold them all for a price of 30Mts/kg, and he is still harvesting from his…
MozaCajú was featured in the United States government Feed the Future monthly newsletter for January 2016: “Given the global demand for cashews, Feed the Future, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has invested $18 million in modernizing the Mozambican cashew sector in an effort to…
In September 2015, TechnoServe Mozambique published an analysis of the Mozambican Cashew Industry, which described the history, current key players in the private and public sector, and a brief evaluation of the policies that regulate the industry. The analysis is detailed in a report that focuses on mapping…
