International cashew research conference 2025
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS/PAPERS
Date: From Tuesday, September 23 to Thursday, September 25, 2025
Location:Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)
Background and justification
From 2000 to 2018, the cashew raw nuts global trade more than doubled, and Africa has become the world’s leading producer (>60%). Worldwide, the cashew nut market is experiencing annual growth of 7 to 10%, driven by increasing consumer demand and the recognized nutritional benefits of the nut. Despite its social and economic importance, in most of the main nut-producing countries, research in the cashew value chain, the main driver for the sustainability of this sector faces several major challenges. The key issues include sustainable production and climate smart practices in both processing and trade.
Meetings between specialists from the cashew value chain represent a strategically valuable activity for the sector. Such meetings enable the sharing of achievements, unresolved issues, and challenges, while also fostering collective reflection on priority topics. In this regard, with support from its administrative, technical, and financial partners, the Consultative International Cashew Council (CICC) has initiated the organization of an annual International Cashew Research Conference (ICRC) in a member country. The 2025 conference will be organised in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from September 23 to 25, 2025.
Conference objective(s)
The objective is to contribute to strengthening, sharing and dissemination of the results of cashew research programs and projects with a view of facilitating their use in the areas of orchard modernization, processing of products and by-products and cashew marketing.
Conference theme
The theme for the conference is “Development of sustainable production, processing and trading systems to strengthen the resilience of the cashew sector: issues, achievements and prospects. Harness
Conference sub-theme
Abstracts may focus on any of the research and development (R&D) themes listed below. Abstracts which are most closely aligned with the main theme of the conference will be selected.
Sub-theme 1: Crop improvement and propagation
- Breeding and Genetic conservation
- Crop Physiology and Enabling Techniques
- Crop protection & post harvest management
- Agronomy (Cashew production system, sustainability & Management)
- Soil and plant nutrition
Sub-theme 2: Advances in Biotechnology
- Tissue culture, micro-propagation and other in vitro culture studies
- Marker technology
- Genomics
Sub-theme 3: Value addition and processing technologies
- Processing technologies
- Economic of processing
- Cashew by-products
- Marketing and Socioeconomics
- Food safety and nutritional aspects
Sub-theme 4: Extension and technology transfer
- Information and technology delivery
- Outreach and communication
- Innovation and value chain system
- Training & capacity building
Sub-theme 5: Development of machine and Mechanization of cropping systems
· Equipment for processing: Nut crackers/shellers, Roasters, Boilers, Dryers, Sorters, Packaging.
· Equipment for production: Mowers, Harvesters, Tractors and Harrows.
Sub-theme 6: Cross cutting issues
· Climate change
· Standards & quality
· Consumption
· Financing
Field Trip
There will be a field visit to CITA and INP-HB in Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Iivoire.
Registration and contribution
The conference is open to all stakeholders in the cashew value chain. Anyone wishing to present at ICRC 2025 is requested to submit an abstract in French or English of up to 3,000 characters (including spaces) to the Scientific Committee, including the topic, methodology, main results, conclusion, and outlook. The abstract should be preceded by the sub-theme, the title of the paper, the list of authors and their addresses, and followed by five keywords. Texts should be written in Times New Roman, 12 points font, and 1.5 line spacing.
Any paper reporting the results of work carried out at on any subject of the cashew value chain, or resulting from theoretical insights of a biological, sociological, economic, computational, mechanical, technological, communication, etc. is welcome.
After reviewing your submitted abstract the Scientific Committee will decide whether it is selected for an oral presentation or a poster presentation at the 2025 – Cashew International Research Conference in Abidjan.
For registration and abstract submissions, please follow the following link: https://bit.ly/CIRC-Register
Abstract submission deadline
Wednesday, 25th June, 2025, at 5:00 PM GMT
Notification of acceptance of all selected abstracts
Friday, 25th July 2025
Full Paper/Manuscript submission deadline
Researchers which abstracts have been selected for oral or poster presentations at the conference should submit their full papers to be reviewed by the Scientific Committee and included in the CICC Proceedings. The deadline for the submission of full papers based on the selected abstracts is Wednesday, 20th August, 2025 at 5:00 PM GMT. Upon acceptance of manuscript, an amount of $100 will be charged before publication in the CICC proceedings/Journal.
GUIDLINES FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS
v Oral presentations can be made in English, Portuguese or French. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided during the Conference.
v Presentation time – 15 minutes
Electronic Format – PowerPoint:
Please use standard slide size (4:3).
The title slide should include the following: Title of the paper, name of the author(s), institutions, countries
v The electronic version of your oral presentation must be sent in PDF format by registering here: https://bit.ly/CIRC-Register
GUIDLINES FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS
v Posters should be in English, Portuguese or French .
v Participants selected for poster presentations must come with their printed posters to the Conference.
v The required dimensions are Size – Height: 115 cm and Width: 90 cm (Maximum).
v The electronic version of your poster presentation must be sent in PDF format by registering here: https://bit.ly/CIRC-Register
GUIDLINES FOR SUBMISSION OF FULL PAPERS
v Researchers whose abstracts have been selected for oral or poster presentation at the conference should submit their full papers to be reviewed by the CICC Scientific Committee and included in the CICC Proceedings.
v The official CICC Proceedings will be published and have an ISBN and a single DOI (Digital Object Identifier) number.
v Full papers should be submitted in English, French or Portuguese. Authors should eliminate possible grammar or spelling errors.
v To submit your full paper kindly use the word document template: Please write directly into the template or copy your finished text into it choosing ‘match destination formatting’. Please use the predefined formatting styles instead of applying your individual settings. Do not change the predefined formatting settings in this document (such as paper size, orientation, margins, typeface, size, indents, spacing, headings, etc.).
v The electronic version of your full paper should be sent to the CICC by the 28th November 2025. The electronic version of your poster presentation should be sent to the scientificconference@ciccashew.org
v Paper structure: The paper should have a minimum of 5 pages and not exceeding 15 pages.
v The paper should include: Title of the paper Authors’ Names listed by first letter of first name and last name – example J. Smith, Institutional Affiliation for each author in the order listed
v The core of your paper would normally (when applicable) contain the following sections: Abstract, Introduction, objectives, methodology, results, conclusions, recommendations, acknowledgement, references, appendices.
v All acronyms should be spelled out the first time they are introduced in text or references.
v If you choose to include visual material, please use 300 dpi files saved in tiff or peg as the proceedings will be in a digital format.
Contacts
For any information regarding the scientific and technical aspects of the presentations, please contact:
– Doctor Paul K. K. Adu-Gyamfi: (+233) 245 39 46 97; adubee2001@yahoo.com
– Professor Zoro Bi Irié A.: (+225) 07 39 02 31; banhiakalou@yahoo.fr
