Improved planting material - How to do cashew grafting

The majority of people living in rural areas in Africa mainly rely on agriculture. Tree crops like cashew are often the only source of monetary income for farming households. To give farmers access to high yielding planting materials, the African Cashew initiative (ACi) established a grafting program on improved planting material. The productivity of cashew farms is greatly enhanced with the development, dissemination and application of grafted seedlings. So far, more than 350 nursery operators have been trained in their grafting skills. The African Cashew initiative (ACi) constitutes a new era of multi-stakeholder partnership in development cooperation. The initiative is jointly funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), as well as several private and public entities. With GIZ in the lead, Fairmatch Support (FMS) and TechnoServe (TNS) are implementing and following the project activities.