Archive for June, 2024

CAC Expects the Increase of RCN Production in 2024

This year CAC expects that the cashew production, RCN, would reach 850,000 MT while 750 000 MT of RCN exports and generates over 1 billion USD while the production could be felt down 30 per cent​ globally. CAC has found that 720 800 MT of RCN has been exported and generated USD 921 million in

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CAC eyes funding for cashew shell biofuel production

Six Chinese companies have expressed interest in establishing cashew processing plants in Cambodia, with one specialising in producing Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (CNSL), according to the Cashew Nut Association of Cambodia (CAC). CNSL is a by-product of industrial processing that can be transformed into a renewable, biodegradable and cost-effective biofuel, viewed as an eco-friendly alternative

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Updated on Cashew Plantation in Cambodia

The new update from the Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fishery has revealed that the productive farm of cashews is 580,000 hectares. Some 15 per cent are newly planted cashews in the old farm that has cleared due to old and unproductive cashew trees. CAC has not updated its figures since 2022 due to no

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Cambodia’s exports of raw cashew nuts to Việt Nam rose 37 percent in the first five months

Cambodia exported 667,000 tonnes of raw cashew nuts to Việt Nam in the first five months of this year, an increase of 37 per cent over the same period last year, reaching a revenue of $851 million. The Voice of Việt Nam (VOV) online newspaper quoted the chairman of the Cashew Nut Association of Cambodia,

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Processing Plant Cracks Open Higher Incomes for Cashew Farmers

Players in Cambodia’s cashew nut industry have welcomed the opening of a processing plant fuelled by biomass that will enable farmers to increase their income by preparing the crop for export The Cashew Nut Association of Cambodia has highlighted how cashew farmers are already reaping the rewards of a Japanese company’s cashew processing and cashew

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Minister asks cashew sector to address processing challenges

In a discussion with cashew investors at the Ministry recently, Agriculture Minister Dith Tina laid emphasis on the dire need for more processing facilities in the sector. The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was interacting with the cashew community on Tuesday and he acknowledged the shortcomings in the industry holding the Kingdom back from

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