Processors argue that the nut-in-shell market is only currently benefiting a few farmers as most do not have access to direct ...

Just stocking the nuts costs Lahiru more than $65,000 each year. Lahiru: Because cashews are a seasonal fruit. It is not something like coconut, in which you can get a harvest every month.

"The only way we can continue harvesting cashews is by getting a good price for the nuts," he said. Velip claimed it is not economical to harvest cashews from the money that a farmer earns from Urrak.

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.They ...

[Nehemiah Okwembah, Standard] Cashew nut farmers at the Coast should expect better prices in the next harvest season in January and February when the new Sh240 million European Union-funded ...