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The Ivory Coast Cashew Nut Production
Growing From Strength To Strength

With a production of over 700,000 tonnes of raw cashew nuts in 2017 (which amounted to nearly a quarter of the entire cashew nut production), the Ivory Coast is the second-largest producer of cashews in the world. The value of its cashew exports is estimated at over 800 million USD, making cashew nuts their third most important export after cocoa and refined petroleum products. It is far ahead of other popular cash crops such as rubber, cotton, and coffee. Cashew cultivators in the Ivory Coast (everyone from small farms to large plantations) grossed over 400 million USD from their cashew sales, far exceeding cotton (the traditional cash crop in the northern regions), which amounted to a little under 200 million USD. A comparison of the net receipts for these cashew producers will prove cashew cultivation is more profitable, given that the input costs for cotton are much higher. Cashew nut production in the Ivory Coast has gained even more prominence, given the numerous possibilities for poverty reduction (especially in the poorer North) that it presents.
Cashew trees are not native to the Ivory Coast and were first imported in the 1960s as part of a widespread attempt to reverse the adverse effects of deforestation and desertification. The cashew cultivation industry in the Ivory Coast has grown in leaps and bounds since commercial production began in the 1990s, and today it employs a quarter of a million people directly in twenty separate cooperatives, while an additional million and a half citizens depend on it as a source of indirect income from cashew cultivation. The Ivory Coast's cashew production has been skyrocketing steadily since 1990. During this time the country's annual production was a little over 6,000 tonnes. It rose to 335,000 tonnes in 2008 and has reached close to a million tonnes over the past few years. This has allowed it to surpass India for the first time to become the world's largest exporter.
The crop gained ground in the Ivory Coast in the late 1920s when the French colonial state promoted it as part of reforestation programs for the Savanna region. Cashew plantations were generally established in classified forests and in villages. Between 1929 and 1969, cashew trees made up 25 percent of trees planted in state reforestation projects. Over half of all these plantations were located in villages.

The Typical Cashew Nut Production Season In The Ivory Coast

The harvest season normally runs from March to June. During this period, the ripe fruits fall off on their own. The harvesting procedure consists of going around the orchard regularly and harvesting the fruits, and loosening the nuts from the apples by slightly twisting them.
Cashew trees flourish all over the Savannah region of Côte d'Ivoire, where a prolonged dry spell of five to six months accelerates its growth. It is a fast-growing evergreen plant that begins to produce nuts three years after planting.

Major Interest & Investment By The World Bank

The Ivory Coast, in 2018, launched a Cashew Value Chain Competitiveness Project (CVCCP), with funding of about 200 million USD from the World Bank as well as an additional 85 million USD from private investment. The project has four components to it

This component focuses on providing support for coordination institutions, both public and private. This includes support for reforms of the regulatory environment and contractual relations between VCs players. Close to 15 million USD has been allocated for this component.
With roughly about 60 million USD, this component covers research and planting, extension, and rural roads, where market access is a critical constraint.
Over 100 million USD from the World Bank and 85 million USD from the private sectors have been invested in warehousing and processing, support to financial services, and market analysis of the cashew production sector in the Ivory Coast.
The CVCCP underwent a standard World Bank assessment in 2018, which included the following
  • a review of the project's relevance to existing strategies and policies;
  • expected benefits, including for farmers and businesses;
  • description of the project and implementation mechanisms;
  • a risk analysis, including economic, political, environmental, and climate risks;
  • and an economic analysis focused on the profitability of all players.
Over 15 million USD has been allocated for these purposes.

The Price Of Raw Cashew Nuts From The Ivory Coast In 2022

Most of the Ivory Coast's cashew nuts are exported to India, Vietnam, and Brazil. Typically, these nuts are used in everything from cosmetics and food to even the manufacture of aircraft brake fluid. Meanwhile, the biggest importers of cashews are India, the United States, the EU, China, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia.

Get In Touch To Know Our 2022 Price For Raw & Processed Ivory Coast Cashew Nut

The increase in global cashew consumption has resulted in the unprecedented growth in the price of cashew nuts from the Ivory Coast. It was found that the value of cashew shipments from the country had grown by almost half in 2015 alone. This growth was driven by the rise of the middle class. The demand for healthier products, as well as the burgeoning demand in major cashew importing nations such as India (where cashews are used widely for everything from making pastes for curries to add crunchiness in sweets, and other confectionaries, is thrusting the price further up.

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Apart from our transparent supply chain, widespread network of shipping partners, and partnering plantations that supply us with highly sought-after cashew origins from across the globe, what makes SCashews unique, is our strict adherence to standard cashew procurement, processing, packing, and storage practices. Our process typically entails

The freshly harvested raw cashew nuts are dried by spreading them out on the drying yard under direct sunlight for anywhere between one to three days, depending on the moisture content. The clicking sound that the nuts make when their well dried is a sign that they can be processed further. Nevertheless, it is necessary to constantly keep monitoring the drying process as overdrying the raw cashews can result in a burnt kernel, which can lead to much larger breakages during the shelling process.
In this process, the dried raw cashew nuts are separated as per their size. This practice has been a fairly new one adopted by processors. It supports not only the more efficient use of the husking machine but also assists in improving the manual cutting process and husking rate. In this process, a sizing/grading machine is used. This apparatus has cylinder-shaped sieves having a set of different dimensions/sizes. The raw cashew nuts are passed through the different slots of this device and are subsequently separated and collected separately. In general, processors classify raw cashews into three sizes, i.e., small, medium, and large.
Shelling entails either steaming or roasting the raw cashews. Roasting is a traditional method and isn't much in use these days. In this technique, the raw cashews are roasted on the steel/iron tray until their shells are burnt. Steaming, on the other hand, helps to soften the outer shell of the cashew nut so that cutting or shelling becomes easy.
The shift to automated mechanics is now taking place at a rapid pace. The bearing of factors such as labor availability, plant capacity, investment capacity, and business models is being attributed to the shift from manual to automated processes. The advanced automated shelling equipment that we use at SCashews to process the raw cashew nuts that we procure from the Ivory Coast helps us make the shelling process far quicker and more effective.
Peeling is the last process by which the cashew kernels appear in their ready-to-eat form. As part of this step, all inedible layers of the cashew nut are separated from the kernel.

Every cashew retailer, bakery, and confectionery in the globe is on the hunt for trusted, reliable, and easy-to-work-with suppliers of raw and processed cashew nuts from the Ivory Coast. Finding such a supplier however is not always easy as it seems. Having been in the cashew import and export game for decades now, SCashews has developed a widespread network of shipping, procuring, and plantation partners that help our clients enjoy access to the best and most hard-to-acquire cashew origins from around the planet.

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