Cashew industry of Mozambique intends to double revenues to US$500 million a year by 2030
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게시됨 2022년 4월 2일
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The cashew nut is one of Mozambique’s most important crops, and an agribusiness sub sector which constitutes a potential source of foreign exchange generation, further magnifying its role in the national economy. Involving around 1.4 million families, the cashew sub sector generates an annual turnover estimated at US$220 million, and, by 2030, it aims to reach US$500 million. To this end, businesspeople linked to the area say there is a need to “potentiate culture”.
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Speaking during the panel on “Revitalization of the Competitiveness of the Cashew Sector in Mozambique” at the XVII Annual Conference of the Private Sector (CASP), Ilídio Bande, Director of the National Cashew Institute of Mozambique, said that, “during the last few years, some results have already been achieved”. For example, in 2015, in the area of marketing, the numbers were in the order of 100,000 tons, and that an annual production of 150,000 tons had already been reached. “In terms of exports, previously, we were in the order of US$81 million, now we are above US$100 million a year. The production of seedlings was at two million seedlings, but now we are at eight million seedlings, especially with the entry of the private sector into the business. In terms of treatment, we are treating eight million now, up from the previous five million. In terms of processing plants, we observe that some have closed, as a result of recent events,” he advanced. Bande further pointed out ...