FULFILLING THE POTENTIAL OF THE AFRICAN CASHEW INDUSTRY

Posted: May 13, 2010 - updated on June 30, 2010

Joe Lamport

In 2008, a cashew processing company in Tchaourou, Benin, opened its doors. Today it employs 300 people who are producing about 300 metric tons of cashew kernels annually for export. In about a month, a similar operation will start processing cashew in Burkina Faso. Both companies demonstrate the potential of the African cashew industry... Read the story in this month's Tradewinds.

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