Most people have never actually seen a cashew in its shell, and that is no accident. Every cashew on a grocery shelf has already been peeled and heat-treated. They may look like an easy snack, but ...

Cashews 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 ...