Cashew nut farmer Seydou Ouattara used to often feel cheated by middlemen buying his produce in Ivory Coast, one of the world's biggest producers. But now he uses a free mobile phone service to get the latest price information from the world's major buyers - India and Vietnam.
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 Classic chicken with cashew nuts is quick, easy and healthy - Ken Hom makes it absolutely perfect. Classic chicken with cashew nuts is quick, easy and healthy - Ken Hom makes it absolutely perfect.
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For the chicken
450g/1lb boneless chicken breasts, skinned
1 egg white
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Ivory Coast Cashew nut farmers are experiencing tough times, with a drop in prices of their crop.
The country is the largest producer of cashew in Africa.
Ivorian government is also loosing revenues, because the commodity is being smuggled out of the country.
In the wake of this development, the...

(OLAM) plans to spend 100 billion CFA francs ($201 million) on Ivory Coast investments including two cashew factories and a cocoa- processing plant.
The agricultural commodity trader based in Singapore opened a cashew factory with 30,000 metric ton capacity in the central town of Bouake today, the first of...

The name Cashew is derived from the Portuguese name of the cashew tree namely ‘caju’ which in turn derives from the indigenous Tupi name ‘acaju’. It is widely grown in tropical climates. Cashew nuts are commonly known as kaju in Hindi.
Cashews, known scientifically as Anacardium occidentale, belong to the...

Indian cashew companies are looking to set up processing factories in Vietnam and Africa, lured by the incentives doled out by the governments, cheaper availability of raw materials and labour.
India is a major importer of raw cashew nuts for processing and export of cashew kernels, which surpassed Rs 4...

 A PILOT study on processing cashew nuts in the country will be complete next month, the Vice Chairman of Tanzania Cashewnut Board Mr Mudhihiri Mudhihiri has said.
Addressing a news conference in Dar es Salaam , Mr Mudhihiri said the study, initiated in August this year aims at enabling the board...

The delicately flavored cashew nut is a favorite between meal snack that can be readily found in your local market year round. It also makes wonderful nut butter and a special addition to salads and stir-fry dishes.
Cashew nuts are actually the kidney-shaped seeds that adhere to the...

The cashew market witnessed good buying interest last week from the US and Europe at the last traded levels. Offers inched up a bit on all grades. Limited business was done in some grades at higher levels also.
There was not much change in prices in the domestic market and...

 Cashew prices fell by Rs 5 per kg in the national capital today as demand declined considerably due to end of festive season.
Sufficient stocks position following increased arrivals from producing belts also weighed on the cashew prices. Cashew kernel (No 180, 210, 240 and 230) prices fell by Rs...