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Benin, Cotonou. Since 9 September 2024, 39 experts from 15 countries have been meeting at the Azalai Hotel. An overwhelming 438 proposals reached the Business Support Facility for Resilient Agricultural Value Chains project on 18 August 2024 from the third call, seeking innovative concept notes for the  cashew, cocoa , livestock, and maize value chains in ACP (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific) countries.

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The African Cashew Alliance (ACA) has opened online application for Editions 19 and 20 of the
Cashew Master Training Program (MTP) with special call for East African participants.
With funding support from the European Union (EU), the Organization of African Caribbean and
Pacific States (OACPS) and the Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und
Entwicklung (BMZ), the 19th edition of the MTP will for the first time be held in East Africa. MTP
20 will meanwhile take place in West Africa.

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Ivory Coast, a reference for the cashew sector in Africa, hosted a distinguished delegation from Senegal composed of members from the Ministries of Agriculture, Industry, and Trade, as well as industry professionals.

With the aim of promoting the cashew sector in Africa, GIZ/MOVE ComCashew supported the Senegalese delegation during their tour focused on the cashew sector.

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Are you involved in any research activity within the cashew sector? Are you in a member state of the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS). Are you from a public research institution or entity with a high interest in sustainability, biodiversity, climate resilience, cashew production systems, as well as local cashew processing and value addition?

Do you have an innovative research idea that makes the cashew value chain more productive, sustainable, and climate-friendly?

Does your organization need support for its research activities on cashews with multi-stakeholder approaches through the mobilization of scientific and local knowledge? Do you have consortium partners to collaborate with to foster exchange among researchers and practitioners to share results and build synergies through research proposals?

Then this is a unique opportunity for you to realize your goal!

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Do you know that your innovative idea for the cashew, cocoa, maize, cattle, sheep, or goat value chains in an OACPS member state could secure you a golden funding opportunity?

The "Matching Grant Fund for Climate-Resilient Value Chains" is back and ready to turn your vision into reality. We're looking for project ideas that make these value chains more inclusive, sustainable, and profitable.

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On April 20th, 2024, the 6th annual Consultative International Cashew Council (CICC) Ministerial Conference and Technical Experts Meeting was held at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra, Ghana. This significant event was held alongside the Technical Expert meeting, Development Partners meeting, ComCashew Board Meeting, and a two-day Cashew Research Conference from April 16th to 20th, 2024.

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From April 17th to 20th, 2024, Ghana's Afua Sutherland Park in Accra was the bustling center of the National Cashew Fair, an event organized by the African Cashew Alliance (ACA), the Tree Crop Development Authority (TCDA), the Cashew Council Ghana (CCG) and the Association of Cashew Processors Ghana (ACPG). The fair brought together key players in the cashew value chain, particularly processors, to showcase a variety of cashew products and by-products, fostering an environment ripe for networking and collaboration

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Senegal, more precisely the municipality of Saly, hosted the 17th edition of the Annual Cashew Conference and Exhibition organised by the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) from September 18 to 21, 2023.  The conference was sponsored among others by USDA/PRO-Cashew, GIZ/MOVE-ComCashew, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the European Union (EU), and the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) etc...

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A committee composed of 17 experts from the Consultative International Cashew Council (CICC) evaluated from July 31 to August 4, 2023, in Grand Bassam, a seaside town in southern Côte d'Ivoire, 77 concept notes of the cashew value chain .

These concept notes were received as part of the first call for applications launched in June 2023 by the MOVE-ComCashew project for its competitive Matching Grant Fund.

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