Mozambique expects 23% increase in cashew nut production

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Mozambique expects 23% increase in cashew nut production

12:34 CAT | 02 Jun 2025

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The Mozambican government estimates that the production of cashew nuts, one of the country’s main cash crops, will increase by 23% this year, to 218,900 tonnes, with the area under cultivation also set to increase.

According to government data compiled today by Lusa, the production area is expected to grow by 26% in the current agricultural season, to 64,000 hectares across the country, compared to 50,600 hectares in the previous season (2023/2024), when 177,650 tonnes of cashew nuts were produced.

To boost activity, which employs thousands of families across the country, the production, distribution and planting of 6,674,660 cashew tree seedlings is planned this year, with an investment of 90 million meticais (€1.3 million), as well as “carrying out chemical treatment of 9,270,000 cashew trees against pests and diseases”.

Income from the export of Mozambican cashew nuts had already grown by 71% in 2024, to a record US$98.2 million (€87.3 million), according to data from a statistical report by the Bank of Mozambique, which details exports, as previously reported by Lusa.

In 2023, cashew exports had grown to US$57.3 million (€50.9 million), and in the previous year to US$51.7 million (€45.9 million), while in 2021 they represented only US$30 million (€26.6 million).

According to the 2024 budget execution report from the Ministry of Finance, around 4.8 million cashew seedlings were produced last year, and around 4.4 million were distributed, still 8% and 5% less, respectively.

“The seedlings distributed covered around 65,303 producing families, of which 16,175 are headed by women, and were planted in an area of around 87,056 hectares with a survival rate of 89%,” the 2024 budget execution report reads.

Source: Lusa