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Cashew Pieces
Organic
Burkina Faso
Our organic cashews come from around 3,000 family farmers in the Hauts-Bassins, Sud-Ouest, Cascades and Centre-Ouest regions of Burkina Faso. The families deliver their raw cashews directly to gebana Burkina Faso in Bobo-Dioulasso, where they are shelled, peeled, sorted, and packaged on site in our own factory.
The complete processing in Bobo-Dioulasso creates jobs and opportunities in a country where hardly anyone else is investing. We have been there since 2001, and our own factory opened its doors in 2006. Since 2021, we have been building a new, larger factory that will create 1000 new jobs. The opening is planned for early summer 2025.
By processing locally, we avoid unnecessary transport and the transfer of value creation to Vietnam, where the majority of West African cashews are currently processed.
Use & preparation
- Cashews have a wide range of uses: You can enjoy them pure or roasted, or you can soak them and use them in sweet or savoury dishes for a creamy consistency.
- Cashews are also great for baking, such as these cookies.
Storage & shelf life
| Nutrition table per 100g | |
|---|---|
| Energy | 2460kJ/587kcal |
| Fat | 45 g |
| thereof saturated fatty acids | 7.8 g |
| Carbohydrates | 27 g |
| thereof sugar | 5.9 g |
| Protein | 18 g |
| Salt | 0.03 g |
Sustainability and supply chain
Transport: straight from the farm to Bobo-Dioulasso by lorry, by lorry to Abidjan, by ship to Rotterdam, by lorry to Otelfingen/Singen.
YABILE JEANNE OUATTARA
FARMER FROM TOUSSIANA, BURKINA FASO
I grow cashews for myself as well as for my buyers.
Yabile Jeanne Ouattara grows cashews on four hectares of land. When the harvest season begins, she can count on the help of her family - her husband and four children. She also hires extra harvest workers for the season. "Farming is my passion," says Jeanne. "I could never do any other job than farming. I love tending the fields." But she also thinks there's room for improvement. "I'd like to optimise my cashew trees so that we can harvest more."
Background
How do we stay in touch with over 10'000 family farmers?
Around 60 employees in Togo and Burkina Faso pay regular visits to the family farmers who supply us with their mangos, cashews, cocoa or soy. Our business model wouldn't work without these field agents. We spoke to two of them about their day-to-day work and the challenges they encounter.
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