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Farming First – Improving Cashew Production via Inspiring Community-Led Films 

This op-ed by Sheryl Cowan, senior vice president of Programs at Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA), and Jean Francois, chief of party for CNFA’s USDA West Africa Cashew PRO-Cashew Project (PRO-Cashew), was originally published in Farming First on Dec. 15, 2021. 

Married with five children, Irié Lou Tinan Rosalie lives in Gouenfla, a village within the Zuenoula department in the western part of central Côte d’Ivoire. Like most women in her village, she works with her husband to maintain and harvest the family’s four-hectare cashew plantation, even though she was never formally trained. Cashew production is an important industry in Côte d’Ivoire, which holds nearly 25% of the world’s cashew nut market. 

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