The country's vital cashew nut crop provides a modest living for most of Guinea-Bissau's farmers and is the main source of foreign exchange.

BBC: Guinea-Bissau profile

Farmers have long complained about the instability of the prices paid for their cashew nut crops - as it fluctuates from season to season, he says.

BBC: Tanzania riots over cashew nut payments

Thousands of small-scale cashew nut farmers in Tanzania - who usually begin to harvest in October - sell their crops to co-operative societies at an agreed price.

BBC: Tanzania riots over cashew nut payments

The body of Hang Serei Oudom was found on 11 September in the boot of his car at a cashew nut plantation in the northern Ratanakiri province.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES