Ghana’s cashew apples get a second life
- Sunyani, Ghana – At harvest time in Ghana’s cashew-growing communities, the ground beneath the trees tells a familiar story.
- While farmers carefully collect the nuts that will be sold to buyers, the fleshy cashew apples attached to them are often left behind.
- Within hours, the fruit begins to spoil, turning a potentially valuable part of the harvest into waste.
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- Sunyani, Ghana – At harvest time in Ghana’s cashew-growing communities, the ground beneath the trees tells a familiar story.
- While farmers carefully collect the nuts that will be sold to buyers, the fleshy cashew apples attached to them are often left behind.
- Within hours, the fruit begins to spoil, turning a potentially valuable part of the harvest into waste.
Sources: Al Jazeera