Small apple, big effect – Bio-Spray in Mozambique
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Small apple, big effect – Bio-Spray in Mozambique

If you thought of conventional apples like Boskoop or Elstar while reading this title, you were unfortunately wrong: It hints at the production of Bio-Spray from the apple of the cashew tree. With its project in Mozambique, the Sustainable Agricultural Supply Chains Initiative (INA, German acronym) supports the extraction of a biological pesticide from the apple of the cashew tree.

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The cashew apple is very nutritious and 
contains sugars used in bio-spray production.
One seed/nut per apple.
The use of the spray significantly increases the productivity of the treated trees as it is effective against mildew. At the same time, it adds value to the cashew apple as a previously unused waste product.
 
More information is available on the INA website.
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