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Cashew sector across Africa. ACA Meeting Benin 13 September 2006 Cotonou. 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
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Cashew sector across Africa ACA Meeting Benin 13 September 2006 Cotonou
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 d’Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Nigeria, Benin, Senegal, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea Conakry)
14 processing countries Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea Conakry have no processing industry operational currently.
Africa production More than 2.6 million producers in Africa
Productivity and Quality Yield per tree in India: 10 kg/tree
Regulation of the sector India, Vietnam and Brazil have an export ban on raw cashews
Thank you With input from: Olam, Peace Corps Benin, SNV Benin, ARECA, SAGIC, AICAJU, africancashew.com, NEPC, TechnoServe