On July 31st, a Togolese processor was approved for a US$2.4 million loan by the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID). This is the first loan granted by EBID resulting from an MOU signed between the African Cashew Alliance (ACA), the USAID West Africa Trade Hub, and EBID over a year ago. The MOU aimed to address one of the most substantial barriers to development in the cashew...
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July 2012
8 Aug, 2012
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8 Aug, 2012
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From 18-20 May, major international players in the fruit and nut industries gathered in Singapore at the INC’s XXXI World Nut and Dried Fruit Congress. Cashew associations of the major cashew origins (Brazil, India, Vietnam, Indonesia and ACA) and major international cashew processors and buyers, all members of the Global Cashew Taskforce, decided to solidify their international cooperation in...
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7 Aug, 2012
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After the approval of Tolaro Global as the first seal approved factory in Africa in May 2012, five new processors have begun implementing the program. They include Anatrans SARL, a Burkinabe processor, Afokantan Benin Cashew, Cajou Espoir of Togo, and Mim Cashew, located in the Brong-Aharo region of Ghana.
Five processors have begun Seal implementation since Tolaro Global was approved...
