The trees are a member of the same family as poison ivy, and like poison ivy, cashew plants contain a toxin called urushiol. It's found in the plant itself and the brown oil inside a nut's shell.

Farmers are not planting enough new trees and they have not embraced proper crop husbandry. The Coast region had 2.1 million trees in 2009 according to a cashew-nut-tree census and baseline survey ...

of the Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA), Dr. Andy Osei Okrah, has held discussions with the Bono Regional Minister, Joseph Addae Akwaboa, to explore ways to revitalise the cashew industry ...

While unavailability of raw cashew nuts (RCN) continues to affect the sector, Cashew Board has decided to procure the raw material through e-tender from cashew producing States in India.