The environmental benefits of planting cashew trees are numerous. The presence of cashew orchards allows farmers to harvest large amounts of firewood from yearly pruning which greatly reduces stress on local forests by eliminating the need to cut down indigenous … Continue reading →

Magnesium-Rich Foods Cut Colon Cancer Risk Are Cashews good for you? People are always asking what nutrients are found in cashews and whether cashews are good for you and your body. This cashew related article from the American Journal of … Continue reading →

East African Business THE EASTAFRICAN (Nairobi, Kenya) Monday, December 20, 2004 African Cashews to Indian Factories: How the Continent Exports its Profits and Jobs By WAIRAGALA WAKABI Africa Currently exports an estimated 95 per cent of its cashew nuts in … Continue reading →

BISSAU, June 28, 2005 – The United States Government, through its Agency for International Development (USAID), is investing a further $300,000 in Global Development Alliance (GDA) funding to work with the private sector to bolster Guinea-Bissau’s cashew production through training … Continue reading →

November 1, 2005 U.S. Ambassador Michael L. Retzer visited the Premier Cashew Industries processing facility today, and attended a meeting of representatives of the largest cashew processing and trading companies in Tanzania – Olam International, Premier Enterprises, Mohammed Enterprises and … Continue reading →

September 28, 2005 USAID is supporting an innovative partnership of cashew processing companies, a large multinational trading firm, the Government of Tanzania, and TechnoServe, a US based non-governmental organization, to transform how the cashew trade works in Tanzania. This transformation, … Continue reading →

DAKAR, Senegal — In 2002, Senegal’s raw cashew nuts were mostly exported for low prices. The cashews were processed abroad into a high-quality gourmet food item. Local markets in Senegal sold only charred and broken cashew kernels processed the traditional … Continue reading →

Story and Photos by Laura Lartigue A “Global Development Alliance” (GDA) has been formed between USAID, Kraft Foods, and local Guinean partners in the cashew sector to increase cashew production in Guinea, and to allow poor rural dwellers–local farmers and … Continue reading →

The real Holmes truth By Sarah Holt, BBC 28 August 2004 Patience finally paid off for Kelly Holmes when she claimed an historic Olympic double by winning gold in the 800m and 1500m in Athens. “Cashew nuts are my little secret … Continue reading →

Cracker January 2005 Kelly Holmes, the double gold medallist at the 2004 Athens Olympics has revealed how nuts and ice baths kept her on course for the first ever post-war women athletic double gold in Olympics. The British athlete ran … Continue reading →