BURKINA FASO: CASHING IN ON CASHEW

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Burkina Faso has seized another opportunity to boost economic sovereignty - it’s banned raw cashew exports. The idea is to process the nut at home and thereby increase profits and create jobs. Last year, 90% of the harvest wasn’t processed in-country - a squandering of potential wealth now intolerable to Ouagadougou.

Sources

https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/burkina-faso-suspension-de-lexportation-de-la-noix-brute-de-cajou/3526658

https://www.agenceecofin.com/actualites-agro/0304-127235-le-burkina-faso-interdit-les-exportations-de-noix-de-cajou-jusqu-a-nouvel-ordre

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