SENEGAL: 30,000 Mts of Raw cashew may can not get buyers

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09/04/2020 04:18:07

Faced with the absence of coronavirus buyers, 30,000 tons of cashew nuts may not be found in Senegal, which will cause a shortfall of about 50 billion FCFA (€ 76.1 million) for farmers. Kolda's three Casamance regions, Sédhiou and Ziguinchor, according to agricultural engineer Abdourahmane Faye. This adds to the worsening of this year, with prices plummeting due to global over-planting, the APS report.

This year, local Indian and Mauritanian buyers will not meet in these areas because the virus prevents movement, according to the agricultural engineer responsible for training and employment at the Agriculture and Agriculture Initiative. potential villages (IPAR),

Difficulties in this area will be evident in the activities of the Ziguinchor port, which normally increases operations each year during the cashew season.

In addition, traders are often denied access to the rural market weekly due to a pandemic. "In more than 80% of cases, agricultural households run out of food six months after harvest and depend on the rest of the year on these markets to buy food," the expert said.

According to Commodafrica

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