Vietnam, A Cashew Nuts Production Behemoth
Cashew nut cultivation in Vietnam dates back to the 19th century. To begin with, cashews were grown in gardens as shade plants. They were only recognized by the Vietnamese government as industrial crops in 1989. Since 1990, Vietnam has become a major producer and exporter of cashew nuts not just in Asia, but the entire globe.
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In 1988, the country started processing cashew nuts for export. With the emergence of cashew markets, Vietnam's cashew farm area increased rapidly from nearly two hundred thousand hectares in 2000 to a peak of four hundred and forty thousand hectares in a little over half a decade. The cashew cultivation area, however, began to diminish in 2008 owing to falling cashew prices and the emergence of other industrial crops such as rubber, cinnamon, coffee, and pepper. In 2016, the area cultivated with cashew nuts was three hundred thousand hectares concentrated mainly in the south-eastern region of Vietnam. The two largest cashew producing regions being Binh Phuoc (44%) and Dong Nai (15%)."
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In addition to the reduction in cultivated area, fluctuating cashew productivity was and continues to be another concern of the Vietnamese cashew industry. According to Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, around 30% of all cashew crops in Vietnam are too old (over 20 years) to achieve the peak productivity. Factors such as climate change and the inexperience of Vietnamese cashew farmers in adopting modern cashew farming techniques, also influence productivity. The overall productivity of cashew nut cultivation, as a result, dropped to 800 kg/ha in 2013 before increasing further to 1.4 ton/ha in 2015."
Cashew Nut Production In The Binh Phuoc Region Of Vietnam
Binh Phuoc, the center of the Vietnamese cashew industry, covers a hundred and eighty thousand hectares of cashew farms, of which 21.8% is state-owned and administered by forest rangers, while the remainder is made up of smallholdings owned by around eighty thousand farming households in the three districts of Bu Dang, Bu Gia Map and PhuRieng. Cashew producers comprise farmers from both the Kinh majority and Stieng (who are an ethnic minority in Binh Phuoc). As the average size of a cashew farm is only two and half hectares, it is difficult to use intensive cultivation techniques. Most small-scale farmers don’t consider cashew as an industrial crop but make use of it to serve as shade trees, therefore, only 45% of Binh Phuoc cashew farmers have invested in grafted seedlings, fertilizers, pesticides and machinery, resulting in low productivity. 15% of the cashew trees in Binh Phuoc are old and need to be replaced."
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Cashew cultivation in the region of Binh Phuoc was quite successful in 2017 as the region produced close to 200,000 tonnes of raw cashew nuts. This was an estimated drop of nearly 50% from the province's regular production owing to bad weather conditions. Overall, the province represents nearly 60% of the national population harvest of raw cashews. Binh Phuoc has a number of cashew processing companies and household processors. However, only a few processors are able to export cashew kernels while the rest are retained for elementary processing. In 2015, Binh Phuoc accounted for only 14% of Vietnam's total cashew exports.Despite Binh Phuoc being the leading Vietnam’s leading cashew producing region, the province faces numerous challenges in maintaining its productivity, including - aging cashew trees,poor agricultural techniques, difficulties in applying intensive farming techniques due to the small agricultural area, and the reduction in the production area of cashew nuts."
Initiatives Of The Most Prominent Cashew Association Of Vietnam
To solve the problem of the decline in cashew nuts production in Vietnam, the Vietnamese Cashew Association (VINACAS) implemented the following policies - Ensuring collaboration between companies and cashew producers in a re-cultivation and intensive cultivation effort. Launching the 'cleaner and greener cashew nut' program, with the objective of providing environmentally safe and high-quality products. VINACAS is committed to ensuring that 100% of its members' products meet food safety requirements. Increasing the value of cashew nuts and associated products, and focusing on processing capabilities as well as product diversification. As part of this, VINACAS carries out activities to stimulate local consumption. Developing national food brands and their cashew products, furthering and expanding trade as well as export promotion undertakings. Along with these national programs, VINACAS is also working with Cambodia and Laos to expand the cashew growing area and increase productivity. In 2017, VINACAS signed an agreement with Cambodia to expand its cashew cultivation area to five hundred thousand hectares in order to produce one million tons of raw cashew."
The Per Kg Market Price Of Raw Cashew Nuts From Vietnam in 2025
There are approximately two hundred thousand cashew producing households (40% of which are located in Binh Phuoc). Most farm households operate separately, with family members helping during the harvest season (one to three months). For farms larger than five hectares, farmers can recruit temporary labor (for a few weeks) to help with the harvest. Farm households sell their harvest to small collectors/agents who later sell to larger middlemen/agents. At the end of each day, the biggest agents sell the cashews they have collected to processing facilities. From farms to the processing plant, raw cashews can be marketed by up to seven different collectors and buyers. Due to this arrangement of picking and selling, it is difficult to trace produce down to the farm or district level, except where processors have established a supply contract with farms or cooperatives. Raw cashew prices fluctuate throughout the harvest season, usually the highest at the beginning of the season and from there gradually decreases."
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For the 2018 season, for instance, the per kg market price of raw cashew nuts from Vietnam (specifically from Binh Phuoc farms) fell by 60% between the start and end of the season. According to farmers, the fall in prices could be attributed both to the lower quality of cashews harvested towards the end of the season and to pressure from middlemen to lower prices. Processors/exporters have made several attempts to cut out middlemen. Bigger processors such as Olam and Long Son, among others, usually send their purchases teams in agricultural regions to buy directly from farmers. Another initiative is that processors/exporters work with cashew cooperatives which are unified and overseen by the foremost cashew nuts association in Vietnam - VINACAS. Cooperatives often collaborate with exporting processing companies to ensure the full purchase of their cashew nuts. These processing companies also provide necessary support to the cooperatives supplying them with the machinery and educating them on the planting techniques that they need to employ to improve the productivity and quality of the cashew. At present, a few cooperatives in Binh Phuoc province cultivate organic cashews and directly sell their produce to exporting processors. It is only in these cases that processors can trace the products back to the farms."
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Ethically sourced from the best cashew producing nations in the world grown in the biggest cashew farms in the globe.
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Subject to stringent quality-assessment measures that are carried out both manually as well as with using advanced instruments.
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Our client's enjoy being the sole purveyors of some of the tastiest, organically-grown cashews available in the globe.
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Safe and fast shipping on all order
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