Cashew farmers in Ghana struggle due to lack of support for value-added processing

게시됨 2024년 5월 10일

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Cashew farmers in Ghana are facing challenges that prevent them from fully benefiting from the cashew crop. These challenges include a lack of knowledge and resources to add value to cashew apples, market fluctuation, limited access to agricultural financing, rising costs of farm inputs, and an unfavourable land tenure system. Despite these issues, there has been little action taken by authorities to address them. The farmers are currently relying on the sale of raw cashew nuts, which fail to cover the increasing costs of production. Research has shown that cashew apples can be processed into high-value products, but farmers in Ghana are not exploring this opportunity due to a lack of support and resources. Additionally, farmers are struggling to access affordable agricultural credit, which is hindering the expansion of cashew plantations and limiting potential production and economic growth.
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Cashew farmers have expressed deep concerns about challenges hindering their ability to fully benefit from the cashew crop. According to the farmers, the challenges include a lack of knowledge and resources to add value to cashew apples, market fluctuation, limited access to agricultural financing, rising costs of farm inputs, and an unfavourable land tenure system, among others. The ‘helpless’ farmers say that despite these longstanding issues, it appears that little action has been taken by authorities to address them and improve the sustainability of cashew farming as a source of livelihood. In an interview, 62-year-old Eric Nyamekye, who owns a total of 70 acres of cashew farms at Nsawkaw in the Tain District of the Bono Region, shared his struggles with the lack of economic returns from his cashew apples. He said: “I have been cultivating cashew since 1986, but every passing production season is frustrating with the wasted potential of the cashew apples, which make over 80 ...
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