The Gam Group Company considers cashew nut as an important export commodity. The Gambia government has taken the initiative to develop the sector through the competitiveness and export diversification project of the enhanced integrated framework. This initiative has also been fully supported by the private sector operators. The sector has sown tremendous potential in the last 20 years as an alternative crop to diversify production and export from the current concentration of groundnut. The production of raw cashew steadily increase from below 200 tons in 1998 to 2000 tons in 2007. The current export volume is 30,000 tons.