The Cashewnut (Anacardium occidentale) ; Family:  Anacardiaceae  is a tropical evergreen plantation crop which originated in Brazil and is now grown in Asia, South America and East and West Africa. The tree is very attractive; it produces beautiful rose-colored scented flowers in panicles, followed by the enticing red/yellow fruit with the nut at the bottom . It can grow in dry tropical conditions especially in coastal regions.

The global market for cashews is booming, African countries growing more than half the world’s supply.  Between 2000 and 2022, world trade in raw cashew nuts more than doubled to 2.5 billion kilograms and African producers – led by Côte d’Ivoire – accounted for almost two-thirds of the growth.

Since production typically takes place on small holdings in rural areas, there is a direct link between value addition in the cashew sector and the achievement of poverty reduction, that cashews are a source of income for an estimated 3 million small holder farmers in Africa.

A range of market trends open opportunities. These include global consumer’s growing taste for healthier snacks and their increased preference for food products that are more environmentally friendly and ethically sourced. The traceability, transparency and sustainability of food supply chains is becoming increasingly important for consumers and suppliers, highlight is that this could benefit who source their nuts from Africa. The processors can meet the increasingly strict food quality and safety standards in global markets and can take advantage of growing demand for organic products, which in the EU grew recently.

We are now regularly doing Export of Cocoa & Coffee beans from West Africa to Europe.Our main buyers are in Germany, France and UK. We have buyers in Malayasia and Morocco

Coffee is dried & cleaned at our facilities in up country areas of Conakry and then standardized in 60 kg bags This is mainly Robusta coffee and is ungraded. We are also now looking at coffee exports from Freetown in Sierra Leonne and Uganda through Mombasa port

Cocoa beans are cleaned and dried and quality checked for defects like Moldy and slaty. Cocoa is then dried to below 8% moisture for bean count from 95-110. Cocoa is standardized in 70 kg bags. West Africa produces about 60% of the worlds Cocoa and 10% of Worlds Coffee

(Sesamum indicum), also called benne, is a plant of the family Pedaliaceae, grown since long for its seeds, which are used as food and flavouring and also for extracting a prized oil. Widely cultivated the sesame plant is found in most of the tropical, subtropical, and southern temperate areas of the world. The aroma and taste of sesame seed are mild and nutlike. The chief constituent of the seed is its Oil, which usually amounts to about 44 to 60 percent. Noted for its stability, the oil resists oxidative rancidity. The seeds are also high in protein and are rich in thiamin and vitamin B 6

The sesame plant likely originated in Asia or East Africa, and ancient Egyptians are known to have used the ground seed as grain flour. The seeds were used by the Chinese at least 5,000 years ago. Sesame oil is used as a salad oil or cooking oil, in shortening and margarine and in the manufacture of soaps, pharmaceuticals and lubricants. Sesame oil is used as an ingredient in cosmetics too.

The global Sesame Seeds market was valued at 1017.69 Million USD in 2021 and will grow with a CAGR of 3.82% from 2021 to 2027. The production of Sesame seed globally for 2022 is about 7.00 million tons.

Soybean, (Glycine max), also called soja bean or soya bean,  legume of the pea family (Fabaceae) and its edible seed. The soybean is economically the most important bean in the world, providing vegetable protein for millions of people and ingredients for hundreds of chemical products.

An ancient crop, the soybean has been used in China, Japan and Korea for thousands of years as a food and a component of medicines. The soybean may be cultivated in most types of soil, but it thrives in warm, fertile, well-drained, sandy loam.

The soybean is one of the richest and cheapest sources of protein and is a staple in the diets of people and animals in numerous parts of the world. The seed contains 17 percent oil and 63 percent meal, 50 percent of which is protein. Because soybeans contain no starch, they are a good source of protein for diabetics. In East Asia and elsewhere, the bean is extensively consumed in the forms of soy milk, a whitish liquid suspension, and tofu, a curd somewhat resembling cottage cheese and also Soy sauce.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that the World Soybean Production 2022/2023 will be 391.17 million metric tons, Soybean Production last year was 355.60 million tons.

Ginger's generic name, Zingiber, is derived from the Greek zingiberis, which comes from the Sanskrit name of the spice, singabera. Ginger (or more precisely ginger root) is a rhizome of a flowering plant with the same name – ginger. This root we use as a spice and as medicine since the ancient times.

Ginger first appeared in the southern parts of the ancient China. From there, it spread to India, Maluku Islands (so-called Spice Islands), rest of the Asia and West Africa. Europe saw ginger for the first time in the 1st century when the ancient Romans traded with the India. Today India is the greatest producer of ginger in the world. Ginger is used in many different ways and for various reasons. Its primary use is like a kitchen spice and also for medicinal purposes.

The global ginger market size attained a value of USD 5.78 billion in 2022. The market is projected to grow further at a CAGR of 4.5% in the forecast period of 2023-2028 to reach a value of USD 7.53 billion by 2028. The world Ginger production in 2022 is estimated to be 5.5 million tons.