ANACLIM - Applied research project on crop forecasting model and improvement of the cashew production in Cote d'Ivoire

Through its experience of 18 years in the Ivorian cashew nut sector, Nitidæ (ex Rongead-Etc Terra) has the vision to understand the cashew sector issues and develop innovative ideas. In line with this, the NGO is developing a tool that enables to forecast the total cashew production of the coming year. In 2014, a partnership with the « Conseil de Régulation, de Suivi et de Développement des Filières Coton et Anacarde » has been signed, allowing Nitidæ to start the activities needed to build that crop forecasting tool.

Improve the Ivorian State intervention on the price and volume regulation for a better prospective knowledge of the country's production

A1. A review of the literature on the cashew production factors
A2. A review of the cashew farming practices used in distinct climatic areas
A3. Develop an experimental design to collect data needed to build the database of the crop forecasting model
A4. Training the field actors at the observation, the collect and the analyse of cashew agronomic data
A5. Setting up and following a database with the yield of cashew measured on different conditions (farmers’ practices, climate…)
A6. Mapping of the cashew yield and superficies cultivated in several distinct climatic areas