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Cashews:A long journey from West Africa to USA.

Cashew International – January 2010


West Africa

USA



Cooperative FarmerWest Africa

Processor

Export

Manufacturer

Retailer

Customer

The Value Chain


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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