Processors have difficulty certifying cashew nuts in Mozambique

In the last four years, Inhambane Province has sold around 70 thousand tons of cashew nuts, most of which were sold on the domestic market. Small cashew nut processors say they have difficulty certifying the nuts produced in that province. Inhambane is the third largest producer of cashew nuts in the country, but despite this, it does not have any processing industry. On the other hand, there are small processors whose processing capacity is less than a thousand tons per year. For these, the biggest problem has to do with certifying the nuts produced in Inhambane. The selling price of cashew nuts abroad is another problem faced by processors who often prefer to sell on the local market. The districts that produce cashew nuts say there should be incentives to attract investment for the industrial processing of the oilseed. The governor of Inhambane reveals that, in the last five years, three million cashew tree seedlings have been planted ...