The Association of Cashew Processors Ghana (ACPG) held a capacity building training on public relations and advocacy on Thursday, September 24, 2026, bringing together 24 participants from across the industry. The training programme, designed for ACPG executives alongside their marketing and media managers, was supported by the German Cooperation, the European Union, GIZ, NIRAS, GPSC, and Proforest. Organisers described the session as interactive, with members sharing first-hand experiences from their various processing areas. Advertisement Discussions also placed strong emphasis on value addition, reflecting one of the core pillars of ACPG's wider PR and Advocacy Plan — which identifies local processing and value addition as a top priority issue for the cashew sector. The training covered strategic planning and goal setting, stakeholder mapping and engagement, communication and public speaking, building coalition capacity, strategic lobbying, media relations, digital and social media PR, and influencing the narrative around Ghana's cashew industry. Advertisement The stakeholder engagement follows an earlier roundtable discussion themed: “Building a competitive and sustainable cashew value chain together.” The September 14, engagement concluded that Ghana’s cashew sector requires coordinated and urgent measures to build a more competitive, sustainable, and profitable value chain. Participants included government institutions, processors, farmers, exporters, development partners, financial institutions and researchers. The roundtable discussion also made certain proposals among which included: An establishment of a single national cashew policy, increase national cashew production from approximately 260,000 mt to 400,000 mt, supported by the rehabilitation of old farms, establishment of new farms, and distribution of elite seedlings.