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Record cashew nut harvest expected

[Cote d'Ivoire] Ivorian rebel fighter in the northern town of Korhogo, August 2004. IRIN
Sometimes the kids still hanker after the military life they left behind
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    Meanwhile government officials predicted on Monday that Guinea-Bissau will harvest a record 60,000 mt of cashew nuts, worth some US $50 million, for export this year, according to LUSA. Assistant Secretary of State for Commerce Suleimane Djassi said the record crop was "vital" for relaunching the country's economy, largely paralysed by the civil war, LUSA added. Guinea Bissau is the world's sixth largest cashew nut exporter. Its previous record was 45,000 mt in 1997.

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