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Cashew Apples
Organic
Burkina Faso
Botanically, the cashew apple is neither an apple nor a fruit. It is a thickened, fruit-like plant on which the cashew nut grows. What may seem inedible is a popular local snack. Since fresh cashew apples quickly spoil, the employees of gebana Burkina Faso cut and dry them. Cashew apples have a high tannin content – and you can taste it.
Storage & shelf life
Dried fruit can be stored at room temperature well past the best-before date in a tightly sealed container away from light. They only become slightly harder after a few months. Before using them for baking or cooking, you can soften fruit that has hardened by placing it in some hot water for a few minutes.
Sustainability & transparency
- Grown by 3031 family farmers on an average of 5.4 ha in the Hauts-Bassins, Sud-Ouest, Cascades and Centre-Ouest Regions in Burkina Faso
- Organic, non-irrigated, manually harvested and sorted, never repackaged, all processing done locally, transport: straight from the farm to Bobo-Dioulasso by lorry, by lorry to Abidjan, by ship to Rotterdam, 100% of employees working in processing have an employment contract, wages on par with minimum wage or better
- Purchasing from cooperatives and family farmers straight from the farm since 2005
- Potential for improvement: Provide training for family farmers so that they view themselves as business owners, promote innovative farming practices and biodiversity, raise the lowest wages at gebana Burkina Faso
| Nutrition table per 100g | |
|---|---|
| Energy | 1321kJ/315kcal |
| Fat | 4 g |
| thereof saturated fatty acids | 0.9 g |
| Carbohydrates | 62 g |
| thereof sugar | 62 g |
| Protein | 5.8 g |
| Salt | 0 g |
COULIBALY SEYDOU
FARMER FROM TAGA, BURKINA FASO
Oxen would make my work in the fields easier.
Coulibaly Seydou grows cashews and maize on onehectare of land. The farmer also breeds chickens. "I want to start breeding other animals to increase my sources of income," he says. "For example, oxen would be very useful for working in the fields." Coulibaly can't always afford to hire workers to help him. "We can only pay farm workers if the previous year's harvest was profitable. Otherwise, my family helps me."
