Cashew International Presentation

Cashews: A long journey from West Africa to USA.
Cashew International – January 2010

West Africa USA

The Value Chain Cooperative Farmer West Africa Processor Export Manufacturer Retailer Customer

The tree The tree grows and starts producing cashews the second year until near forty years

The plantation

Research
Improving the quality and the productivity of cashews.

The flower
When the flower starts growing brings the fruit and the nut at the same time.

The cashew apple
The cashew apple can be eaten as a fruit or can do juice, brandy or alcohol for cars.
New Project to develop other uses: biofuel for stoves, animal feed

The nut
The nut. Strong shell and CNSL liquid inside.

The transport
Transporting the raw cashew nuts to the processing plant.

The processing plant

The cashew transformation
From shell to the raw kernel

The processing (I)
Boiling the raw cashew nuts.

The processing (II)
Drying the nuts

The cashew evolution

The processing (III)
The cutting

The processing (IV)
The oven

The processing (V)
The peeling

The processing (VI)
The grading

The processing (VII)
The packaging

The transport
Transport by trucks to the port

The shipping

West Africa USA

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