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  7. August Topic of the Month: The cashew growers from Taga

6. August 2015

August Topic of the Month: The cashew growers from Taga

The cashew growers are making the most of the skyrocketing cashew prices that have come about as a result of demand from Asia, and are selling to the highest bidders — in spite of their contracts with gebana. What do the farmers themselves say about this?

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Die Bauern in Taga, einem Dorf im Südwesten Burkina Fasos, bauen eine Vielfalt von Nahrungsmitteln für den Eigengebrauch an: Mais, Sorghum, Hirse, Süsskartoffeln, Erdnüsse. Einkommen erzielen sie durch den Verkauf von Cashew-Rohnüssen.

The farmers in Taga, a village in south-west Burkina Faso, grow a wide variety of subsistence food crops, including maize, sorghum, millet, sweet potatoes and peanuts. Their income comes from the sale of raw cashew nuts,

which they sell to gebana Afrique. Contracts are agreed on an annual basis, and gebana organises organic certification for the farmers. “Sometimes, if someone needs cash urgently, they go to the market and sell small quantities to merchants”, explains Bakary Coulibaly. When the market prices for cashew nuts were especially high this February, suddenly the quantities became bigger: “Because the prices in the market went up considerably, we decided to sell the majority of our nuts there instead of to gebana”, says Lamino Bruno Coulibaly, President of the Taga Farmers Group.

On the one hand, the farmers from Taga are pleased because they have earned more money, but it seems as though they are not completely at ease with the situation: “We absolutely want to continue our cooperation with gebana”, asserts Lamino Bruno Coulibaly, and continues apologetically: “Unfortunately, the market didn’t play along this year”.

Auf der einen Seite sind die Bauern aus Taga zufrieden, weil sie mehr Geld verdient haben, doch ganz wohl scheint ihnen bei der Sache nicht zu sein: «Wir möchten auf jeden Fall weiter mit gebana zusammenarbeiten», beteuert Lamine Bruno Coulibaly, und fügt entschuldigend an: «Leider hat der Markt dieses Jahr nicht mitgespielt».

Auf die Frage, warum sie denn weiterhin mit gebana arbeiten wollen, antwortet er: «Auf dem Markt herrscht Chaos, gebana hingegen ist gut organisiert. Die Preise sind fixiert, wir werden pro Kilogramm bezahlt und die Ware wird korrekt gewogen. Wir erhalten auch Schulungen, z.B. zum Schneiden der Bäume, das hilft uns.»

Doch in der Sache mit dem Bedarf nach sofortigem Bargeld sehen die Bauern von Taga Handlungsbedarf: «Vielleicht wäre eine Kasse mit Bargeld für dringende Fälle eine Möglichkeit», sagt Francis. Der Präsident der Gruppe, Bruno Lamine Coulibaly, hat das Problem bereits mit gebana Vertretern angesprochen.

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