CASCAJU - Energetic valorization of cashew shell by-products in Mozambique

Start
January 2022
End
June 2023
Project cost
187 000 €
Role in the project
Bioenergy and market expertise
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Countries

Mozambique

Fields

Agroprocessing Bioenergy Climate Market

Sectors

Cashew

Partners

Mozambique Kernel Institute - IAM · AICAJU · Professional Training Institute - IPOMA · Alberto Cassimo Institute for Professional Training and Labor Studies - IFPELAC · MOGROUP · CN Caju · GIZ · EU - European Union

Main goals

Improvement of Mozambican Cashew processing competitiveness and sustainability through energetic valorization of cashew shell by-products

Specific objectives

SO1. Local market study for the sales of cashew shell by-products (cake, charcoal and CNSL) in Maputo and Nampula provinces
SO2. Two energetic pilots based on cashew shell by-product are installed on sites in partnership with cashew industries or private sector
SO3. Comparative business plan for one reference cashew factory developed
SO4. Study results and lessons learned disseminated to relevant stakeholders

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Country representative in Mozambique

Jean-Baptiste Roelens

Holder of a master Tropical environment and Biodiversity, he worked for 3 years in French Guyana, notably as forest ecology and soil science research officer at CIRAD. From 2008 to 2016 he worked at the WWF in Madagascar, France and Democratic Republic of Congo as Forest and Climate program manager. At WWF, he supported conservation, forest landscape restoration and REDD+ projects, he also conducted campaign and advocacy work on forest policies and energy infrastructure development. He joined Etc Terra - then nitidæ - in May 2016 as MOZBIO project manager around the Gilé national reserve in the Zambézia province in Mozambique.

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Julia Artigas Sancho

Process engineer and holder of a European MsC in Renewable energies, she works on energy-related issues in African industry, since 2016. Process optimization and agri-waste-to-energy systems are her main expertise areas: appropriate technologies, training on operation and maintenance, biofuels…

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Administrative and financial manager / Mozambique

Palmira Marinho Gravata Vitória

Graduated in economics and education from the Pedagogical University of Mozambique, with 7 years of experience as an administrative assistant, since 2019 she has been responsible for administration, finance, human resources management and relations public.