(Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon could create just over 1,000 jobs in cashew processing area between 2019 and 2023 thanks to the national strategy for cashew value chain development recently developed with the support of German cooperation GIZ.

In detail, this covers 550 jobs in nut shelling, with 70% targeting females, while 550 other jobs will be in juice production, we learnt. In total, the national strategy plans 151,650 jobs in both production and processing over the period.

Yet, the achievement of this goal requires the creation of 150,000 hectares of cashew tree plantations in production regions, mainly the three northern regions and the eastern region.

BRM