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Africa is currently the leading producer of cashew, providing more than 50 percent of global output.
Speaking on behalf of the Executive Director of ComCashew at the opening of the second session of the Sixth Edition of the Master training Programme (MTP) on cashew value chain promotion, Mrs. Ofori-Karikari said development of improved planting materials and good agricultural practices (GAP) were key aspects of ensuring sustainable production.
The five-day programme, organised by ComCashew in partnership with African Cashew Alliance (ACA)with support from the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) provided a platform for 86 Cashew experts from Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Voire, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
It sought to increase theoretical knowledge and practical skills of African Cashew experts along the value chain and consequently to further promote the competiveness of African cashew in addition to sharing knowledge, discuss best practices and lessons learnt and to build national and regional networks for future collaboration.
The interventions of ComCashew and its partners had created at least 330,000 jobs in the cashew production sector across the operating countries, out of which 22 per cent were women.
ComCashew imported 1.5 metric tonnes of “cashew polyclonal seed” from Ghana to raise 275,000 seedlings that had been distributed to 24 nursery sites and planted with the help of the Sierra Leone Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security.
The ACA collaborated with technical partners like ComCashew not only to improve the competitiveness and sustainability of the African cashew industry but also to increase production and processing of cashews on the continent.
