In 2020 alone, the Cashew industry generated 200 million dollars revenue for Ghana, from the export of the raw nuts. The ...

The trees are a member of the same family as poison ivy, and like poison ivy, cashew plants contain a toxin called urushiol. It's found in the plant itself and the brown oil inside a nut's shell.

Extracts made from parts of the cashew plant that are usually thrown away when the nuts are processed commercially were found ...

STAKEHOLDERS in the cashew industry have lamented that the country is not maximising the potential of the crop due to low processing, high interest rate and high cost of seedlings and aging trees.

Fresh cashew ‘fruit’ has a very short shelf-life so is used as soon as it has fallen from the tree. In some parts of the world, cashew ‘fruit’ are turned into various alcoholic drinks.

The current cashew nut sales campaign in Nampula province, the country's largest producer, has reached record numbers in the last five years, reaching 94,000 tonnes, compared to the planned 82,000 , ...

If not already apparent, it is now quite clear that Goa’s cashew industry, which was once among the state’s thriving economic sectors, is quietly fading into ob ...