Training Program for Youth in Cashew Production

TLDR

• THE Cashewnut Board of Tanzania (CBT) plans to distribute a total of 15 million cashew tree seedlings in an ambitious intervention aimed at bolstering the cultivation of the tropical evergreen trees in Tanzania.
• The country is the fifth-largest producer of cashewnuts in the world and ranks second in Africa.However, further statistics show that Tanzania produces at least 20 percent of Africa’s cashewnuts according to figures by.
• However, cashew is currently produced in 17 regions and 91 councils across the country,” he said.He identified some of the new cashew-growing areas as Ushetu, Biharamulo, Uvinza, Uyui, Tanganyika, Majimoto, Singida.