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Cashew Production In Africa. West African production is also growing faster than that of any other region10 percent over the past decade generating 15 billion in export sales for over 11 million farmers. In Africa Côte dIvoire the country that is leading the cashew market has been experiencing a continuous increase in the production of cashews for the past five years and it is estimated that production will go up by about 70 in the forecast period of the report. 90 of the cashew nuts produced here are sent abroad for processing. Cashew initiative ComCashew through its Mater Training Programmes MTPs to promote the African Cashew Value Chain is boosting cashew production in Africa.
That is being achieved in partnership with the African Cashew Alliance ACA with support from the Ministry of Food and Agriculture MoFA and the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana CRIG. In our next video we will discuss the challenges of proce. 90 of the cashew nuts produced here are sent abroad for processing. This leaves very little value for the farmers in the cashew growing communities. 2019 ended with Africa producing a record 2million and 67thousand 710 tons of raw cashew nuts over 47. Despite the effects of the pandemic on the global cashew industry the African Cashew Alliance ACA is projecting an increase in cashew production in Africa in 2021.
Especially in Tanzania a country that is the largest producer of.
In Africa Côte dIvoire the country that is leading the cashew market has been experiencing a continuous increase in the production of cashews for the past five years and it is estimated that production will go up by about 70 in the forecast period of the report. African countries produce about 45 or 12 million tonnes of global cashew nuts annually. The area under cashew production in Africa will increase by a million hectares in the next four years according to a report by Mordor Intelligence. For instance in 2012 West Africa produced an average 700 million kilos of the nuts while East Africa had 200 million kilos but just up to 50 million kilos underwent local processing. In Africa Côte dIvoire the country that is leading the cashew market has been experiencing a continuous increase in the production of cashews for the past five years and it is estimated that production will go up by about 70 in the forecast period of the report. Raw Cashew Nut RCN production increases by around 10 per year.