World Bank Group2025-05-052025-05-052025-05-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/43159Cashews are Côte d’Ivoire’s second most important export commodity after cocoa, and a crucial source of cash for smallholders and processors in the poorer north of the country. From 380,000 tons in 2010, the production of Raw Cashew Nuts (RCN) increased to 1,2 million tons in 2023, 40 percent of the world’s cashew supply, with exports estimated at over 800 million dollars. The volume of RCN processed locally has seen a substantial increase from 68,515 tons in 2018 to more than 345,000 tons in 2024. But the government’s stated ambition is to locally process more than 50 percent of the RCN by 2030. This requires upgrading or building modern processing facilities and bridging a lack of access to working capital. In addition, poorly maintained plantations, a lack of quality stock and inputs, weak extension services, and losses in post-harvest handling and storage result in low yields and quality. Côte d’Ivoire’s cashew subsector has strong potential for growth and job creation if the value chain, and especially local processing, can improve.en-USCC BY-NC 3.0 IGOECONOMIC GROWTHDECENT WORKAGRIBUSINESSAGRICULTURE AND TRADEBriefWorld Bank10.1596/43159