Nigeria produces 120,000 tons of cashews annually

The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) said the country produced about 120,000 metric tons of cashew nuts yearly.

NCAN’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Sotonye Anga, told newsmen in Lagos that the production was huge. Anga said that as a result of the production, there was the need for the federal government to strengthen the cashew value chain. He, however, noted that an unaccounted amount of the production was exported illegally to neighbouring countries.
“Nigeria produces about 120,000 tons of raw cashew nuts yearly and they are mainly exported as raw nuts to India and Vietnam. However, due to the porous nature of our borders, so much unaccounted for and illegal exported raw to neighbouring countries.
“This illegal trend of cashew export is also weakening the nation’s export potential of the crop,’’ Anga said.
Source: nigerianobservenews.com