Tanzania’s Cashew Value Chain: A diagnostic

Abstract

This report presents findings from a diagnostic of the status of development in the cashew value chain in Tanzania carried out by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and UNIDO in March 2011. The diagnostics uses the UNIDO approach of integrated value chain analysis focusing on the dimensions of primary production and inputs; processing capacity and technology; end-markets and trade, governance of value chains, sustainable production and energy use, value chain finance; and business environment and socio political context.