TARI looks for cashew apple processors

Published Sep 22, 2020

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Tanzania's TARI institute is planning to invite potential investors to add value to cashew apples by processing them into various products like juice, wine, jam, and spirit. The institute will educate investors and small-scale farmers on the new technology for processing cashew apples. This plan aims to teach farmers sustainable cultivation practices and provide additional revenue. Currently, due to limited knowledge, farmers are losing trillions of shillings annually by neglecting cashew apples. Farmers in the Lindi and Mtwara regions have commended the institute for developing this technology and urge the government to build a cashew apple processing plant.

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NALIENDELE’S Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) plans to start inviting potential investors to add value to cashew apple. TARI will educate interested investors in skills to process cashew apples into juice, wine, jam, spirit among other products. TARI Technology Transfer for Partnership Officer Stella Andrea said the institute had developed improved technology for processing cashew apples into food and other products. “We’ll invite interested investors and cashew growers to TARI Naliendele and educate them on the new technology of processing apples to produce cashew wine, juice, jam and spirit, among other things,” Ms Andrea said. The plan will go in line with imparting skills to small-scale farmers to engage in sustainable cultivation practices and techniques to be able to turn the cashew apples into a profitable agricultural activity. Currently, thousands of tonnes of cashew apples are left to rot on farms due to limited knowledge despite the potential they have. ...

Source: Dailynews