The nation’s cashew farmers decried the six-month ban by the Federal Government on raw shea-nut exports from Nigeria yesterday. Reacting to the decision and action by the Federal Government on the raw shea-nut export ban, the National President, National Cashew Association of Nigeria, Dr Joseph Ajanaku, while speaking with Vanguard on the development, lamented the...Read More

….Set To Reposition Nigeria As World Largest Producer…Target Production Capacity Of 2 million MT By 2030 With the potential to inject N7.2 trillion into Nigeria’s economy, the National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) is driving a nationwide cashew nursery initiative to distribute one million high-yield seedlings to farmers. The move, according to players in the...Read More

2026 NCAN Annual Conference, Venue: Presidential Banquet Hall, Aso Rock, Villa Date: 22th -24th January 2025Read More

Speaking with Vanguard, the National President, NCAN, Dr Ojo Ajanaku, said the cashew seedling is the natural variety, also called the Ogbomosho or Oyo State variety, which has a premium price, hence to be a uniform variety farmers will be cultivating. According to Ajanaku, when the variety gets to a full-grown cashew tree by three...Read More

The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) says it is nurturing one million seedlings in nurseries to distribute to farmers across the country to boost cashew production. NCAN President, Dr Joseph Ajanaku, said this on Tuesday at the planting of 20,000 seeds of cashew in Makurdi as part of the initiative. “Courtesy – NEWS AGENCY...Read More

Stakeholders in the cashew value chain, under the auspices of National Cashew of Nigeria, NCAN, have called on the Federal Government to stop the alleged illegal exports of cashews from the country by some foreigners and their Nigerian collaborators.Read More

ABUJA- AS the non-oil exports take the front burner for foreign exchange, the National President, National Cashew Association of Nigeria, NCAN, Dr Ojo Ajanaku, weekend, asserted that if the Federal Government expedites action on the National Cashew Policy, Nigeria stands to earn over N50 billion annually.Read More

Mr Ajanaku said the industry was in the process of producing more than two million metric tonnes of cashew per year if given the opportunity.Read More

3rd Edition of National Cashew DayRead More