Quality Food Distributors Ghana Ltd

For Farmers & Suppliers

Sell to a buyer
that processes it here

We buy raw cashew directly from farmers in Ghana, assess it openly, and pay for what it is actually worth.

Branch heavy with ripe red and yellow cashew apples ready for harvest in a cashew orchard
Why Sell To Us

The nut does not leave the country

Most raw cashew grown in Ghana is bought to be shipped out in sacks. The buyer is often several steps removed from anyone who will ever open the nut, and the price reflects that distance.

We buy because we process. The kernel inside your load is the product we sell, which means the quality of your harvest matters to us directly, and we have a reason to help you improve it rather than simply to buy it cheaply.

What We Buy

The terms, in plain language

Nothing here should be a surprise on the day. If anything below is unclear, ask us before you bring a load.

What we buy

Raw cashew nut in shell, current season

Quantity

From smallholder loads upward. [Minimum load to confirm]

How it is assessed

Weighed, moisture checked and cut-tested for outturn in front of you

Price basis

Quoted on the day against quality. [Pricing method to confirm]

Payment

[Payment method and timing to confirm]

Buying season

Through the Ghanaian harvest, broadly February to May. [Dates each season to confirm]

Collection points

[Locations to confirm]

How We Buy

Assessed in front of you

The three numbers that set your price are taken while you are standing there, and you see each one.

1. Weighed

On a calibrated scale, with the reading shown to you.

2. Moisture checked

Wet nuts lose weight in storage and can go mouldy, so moisture affects the price.

3. Cut tested

We cut a sample and count how many give a good whole kernel. That is your outturn.

What You Get

More than a price on the day

Agronomy guidance

Pruning, spacing and post-harvest handling advice that raises both your yield and your outturn. [Programme to confirm.]

Drying & storage help

Practical guidance on drying and storing so your crop holds its value instead of losing it in the shed.

Reliable payment

[Terms to confirm.] Treated as a commitment, because a harvest is a household’s annual income.

A buyer next season

We are building a network we buy from every year, not a one-off purchase.

Registering

Four steps

01

Get in touch

Call, message us on WhatsApp or use the contact form. Tell us your district and roughly how much you expect to harvest.

02

We register you

Your name, location and farm details go on our supplier list so we can plan the buying season around real volumes.

03

Bring a load

Come to a collection point in season. We weigh, check moisture and cut test with you there.

04

Get paid

Agreed on the numbers you watched us take. [Payment timing to confirm.]

A summary of this page in Twi and Dagbani is planned, so that the terms are clear to every farmer we buy from, not only those who read English comfortably.

Questions

Questions farmers ask

Three things: moisture, nut count and the cut test for kernel outturn. We do the cut test with you present and show you the result. The price follows from those numbers rather than from a negotiation about how the crop looks.

We take a sample from your load, cut the nuts open and count how many give a good whole kernel. That percentage is the outturn. It is the single biggest factor in what a load is worth, and it is why two sacks that look identical can be worth very different amounts.

Mostly by drying properly and storing dry, and by not mixing immature nuts into the load. Nuts that are too wet lose weight and go mouldy; immature nuts fail the cut test. We give practical guidance on both. [Support programme to confirm.]

[Payment terms to confirm.] We understand a harvest is a year’s income and we treat payment timing as a commitment, not a convenience.

No. We would rather be the buyer you come back to because the price and the treatment are fair than the buyer you are locked into.

Yes. [Arrangements for groups and cooperatives to confirm.]

Register as a supplier

Tell us your district and expected harvest. We will get back to you before the buying season opens.

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