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Ground Cashews
Organic
Burkina Faso
Some cashew nuts or cashew pieces are stained or slightly wrinkled. Though this doesn’t affect their taste, we can’t export them. We process these cashews into a kind of flour, which is called “mugu” in the local language.
Use & preparation
Storage & shelf life
Cashew flour can only be kept for a few months. It’s important to protect the flour from moisture and air. Ideally, transfer the flour into sealable jars or airtight plastic containers and consume it quickly. Alternatively, you can freeze the flour in airtight packaging and store it for longer. Let the frozen flour thaw before use.
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 train 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 | 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 |
BARRO DOSSOU
FARMER FROM TOUSSIANA, BURKINA FASO
In another life, I would have loved to be a blacksmith!
"I'm the head of a family of two wives and nine children," says Barro Dossou. "If the yields are high, you can earn a good income from farming. This is very important to me because I want to secure my children's future. I use the money to build houses that I could also rent out if necessary." The farmer would like to have more influence on the price of his goods. "The price of my products is set by the buyers. But I would also like to have a say."
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