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How to estimate the quality of cashew nuts (RCN)

SUMMARY:

The quality of Cashew produced from country to country and region to region determines the reputation as
well as competitiveness of the product on the international market. The price farmers may expect is directly
linked to the quality of their produce. It is important therefore to teach farmers who may not have any or
limited knowledge about how to assess the quality of nuts about exactly what determines whether their
product is of high quality, meeting the demands of what consumers want. This simple, well-illustrated
technical manual is used as training material by the African Cashew initiative and functions as a tool via
which farmers may be taught how to assess and recognize good quality nuts. Not only does it demonstrate
how to do this, it displays which tools and mechanisms may be used to implement this, provding information
on the physical criteria used worldwide, across the cashew producing industry.

KEYWORDS:
Ghana [1]
Cashews [2]
quality controls [3]
Postharvest operation [4]
CATEGORY:
Capacity development [5]
Crop production [6]
Post-harvest and marketing [7]
COUNTRIES:
Ghana
DESCRIPTION:

This picture based extension material is part of a series which covers the establishment phase, good
agricultural practices of cashew plantation management, harvest and post-harvest operation as well as
quality issues.

FURTHER READING:

www.africancashewinitiative.com [8]

SOURCE(S):

GIZ - African Cashew Initiative [9]

Country:
Germany
Source URL: http://teca.fao.org/technology/how-estimate-quality-cashew-nuts-rcn

Links:
[1] http://teca.fao.org/keywords/ghana
[2] http://teca.fao.org/keywords/cashews
[3] http://teca.fao.org/keywords/quality-controls
[4] http://teca.fao.org/keywords/postharvest-operation
[5] http://teca.fao.org/technology-categories/capacity-development
[6] http://teca.fao.org/technology-categories/crop-production
[7] http://teca.fao.org/technology-categories/post-harvest-and-marketing
[8] http://www.africancashewinitiative.com
[9] http://teca.fao.org/partner/giz-african-cashew-initiative