However, cashews arriving from major resource regions, such as the Ivory Coast, India, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Tanzania, reach the majority of consumers from a single buyer.

Francis Alfred, Cashew nut Board of Tanzania’s director-general, has attributed the increase in price to low yields occasioned by the recent El-Niño phenomenon in southern region. He said Tanzania ...

TANZANIA : PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has said that the government is determined to revive cashew processing factories to boost the value of the crop.

Cashews are a major export crop for Tanzania and a significant source of income for many small farmers. The East African country produces about 200,000 tons of cashews a year and is considered one ...

Cashews were Tanzania's top foreign exchange earner last year, bringing in $90.2 million for 121,207 tons sold. Officials had forecast that Tanzanian farmers would sell 132,000 tons of nuts this ...

Tanzania liberalized the cashew market in 1994 after production fell to a low of 17,000 tons during the 1989-90 season. The reforms allowed buyers to deal directly with farmers for the first time.

Cashew nut shells can be used as an environmentally friendly way of producing potential sunscreens, reveals a new study. The findings of the study are published in the European Journal of Organic ...