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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.

Dr Adama Coulibaly, directeur général du CCA en compagnie de Mary Adzanyo directrice adjointe a GIZ MOVE, Alimata Soumahoro et Swapna Gowda, en plein discours de lancement des livres de recette de cajou. Source : © GIZ/MOVE
Dr Adama Coulibaly, directeur général du CCA en compagnie de Mary Adzanyo directrice adjointe a GIZ MOVE, Alimata Soumahoro et Swapna Gowda, en plein discours de lancement des livres de recette de cajou. Source : © GIZ/MOVE

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On 07 April 2023, on the sidelines of the 4th edition of the International Exhibition of Equipment and Technologies of Cashew Processing (SIETTA) held the official launch of the cashew recipe book at the Palace of Culture in Abidjan. The Director General of the Cotton and Cashew Council, Dr.Adama Coulibaly launched the cashew recipe book.

Mr. Minister, Dr. Souleymane Diarrasouba, The Director of the MOVE project, Mrs. Rita Weidinger and representatives. Source: © GIZ/MOVE
Mr. Minister, Dr. Souleymane Diarrasouba, The Director of the MOVE project, Mrs. Rita Weidinger and representatives. Source: © GIZ/MOVE

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On 6th April, 2023, the official launch of the French version of the cashew nut processing guides was held at the Palais de la Culture in Abidjan, during the 4th edition of the International Exhibition of equipment and technologies for cashew nut processing (SIETTA) . The Minister of Trade, Industry and Promotion of SMEs, Dr. Souleymane Diarrassouba, not only initiated these guides but also graced us with his presence at the launch of these guides.

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On April 5, 2023, the Joint Action "Business Support Facility for Resilient Agricultural Value Chains" was successfully launched in Abidjan. This joint action comes from the European Union (EU), the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OEACP) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

A session of the workshop participants, showing the participants in full exchange. Source: PRO-Cashew

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The Cotton and Cashew Council (CCA) organized a workshop with the technical and financial partners of the implementation of the development activities of the cashew nut sector in Côte d'Ivoire. This meeting took place on Thursday 26 January 2023 in Abidjan at the Plam Club.

GIZ/MOVE Program Director Rita Weidinger and her colleagues in the family photo with the members of CICC. Sources: CICC
GIZ/MOVE Program Director Rita Weidinger and her colleagues in the family photo with the members of CICC. Sources: CICC

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A delegation from the Regional Market-driven Value Chains for Employment and Growth Project in the ECOWAS Region (MOVE-ComCashew) was received by the Consultative International Cashew Council (CICC) on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, at the CICC office in Plateau.

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