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Journalists group launches an initiative to promote the Cashew sector

May 12, 2020
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By: Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei

The  Ghana Agricultural  and  Rural  Development  Journalists Association  (GARDJA)  has  launched  an advocacy  initiative  to help  create  a sustainable  cashew  sector  in Ghana.

Cashew  is  increasingly  becoming  a key  agricultural  export commodity,  raking  in  millions  of  dollars  for  the  country’s economy. According  to  the  Ghana Export  Promotion Authority  (GEPA), the  country  earned  $981  million from the  export  of  cashew  in 2016,  making  it  one  of  the  leading  agricultural  export commodities  after  cocoa.

The  crop  is  currently  grown on more  than 89,000  hectares  of farmlands  across  the  country,  creating  an estimated  40,000 jobs  in  production  and  even more  in processing  and  logistics. Ghana has  the  capacity  to  grow  more  cashew  because  of  its potential  to  adapt  to  climate  change  effects,  and  its profitability. But  this  possible  expansion is  being  hindered  by  a  number  of challenges  including  difficulty  in  accessing  finance,  weak organization  of  stakeholders,  underexploited  potential of  local  processing,  low  yields,  and  insufficient  access  to improved  planting  material,  as  well  as  the  overall  absence  of an enabling  policy  environment. Over  the  years,  sufficient  media attention has  not  been paid to  these  challenges  so  they  catch the  attention of  decision makers  to  address  them.

As  part  of  this  initiative,  GARDJA  will  work  with various partners  to  increase  cashew  related  visibility  in  the  Ghanaian media,  as  well  as  strengthen capacities  of  media stakeholders  so  they  can put  cashew  issues  at  the  forefront of  media and  political  discussions. Information  on agronomic  practices  of  cashew,  farmer related  activities,  organization  of  stakeholders,  prices,  climate change  adaptation,  and  mitigation,  among  others,  will  be disseminated  to  journalists. The  initiative  will  also  seek  to  bring  to  the  fore  issues  around the  current  state  of  local  processing  of  cashew  and  provide answers  to  questions  on how  an enabling  environment  for  the sector  can be  created.

Overall,  the  objective  of  this  collaboration  is  to  strengthen and  build  the  technical  capacities  of  journalists  and  editors,  as well  as  other  relevant  media stakeholders  on the  cashew value  chain  through  training,  field  visits,  and  support  for  the publication  of  cashew  related  stories.

As an association of more than 200 journalists who are experts within the agricultural value chain, it is the hope of GARDJA’s that this initiative will go a long way to help create a sustainable cashew sector that both support good quality livelihoods for cashew farmers and improve the Ghanaian economy. The Association looks forward to working with various stakeholders including the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, cashew farmers, cashew processors, among others to make this initiative a success for the benefit of mother Ghana.

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