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GUINEA BISSAU

Guinea Bissau is located in West Africa and is the second-largest cashew producer in West Africa and among the top five globally.

The country is currently one of the world’s largest producers of raw cashew nuts and the cashew sector has acquired enormous importance in Guinea-Bissau’s economy. The cashew tree was introduced into the country by the Portuguese in the XIXth century, but only effectively expanded in the mid-1980s. It is largely cultivated by smallholder farmers around villages and about 85 percent of the population depends on cashew farming.

Direct Procurement Programme in Guinea Bissau

Direct Procurement Programme is an initiative where our expert team of buyers supervises all procurement and quality-related activities at the origin. We began our direct procurement in 2019 with sourcing and shipping activities based out of Bissau, the capital of the country.

Raw cashew nuts are predominately grown in economically fragile areas. Our intent is to procure the nuts in a manner that safeguards the communities’ social fabric and environmental resources. As a processor, we depend on our procurement supply chains to process the finest quality cashew kernels. Our goal is to secure high-quality raw cashew nut from as close to the source as possible. This involves partnering with smallholder farmers to help improve their productivity, profitability and providing good working conditions which attract and retain people in agriculture.

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