The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Banda in the Bono Region, Mr Peter Dongi, has called on the government to establish a special fund dedicated to the construction and maintenance of roads in cashew-growing areas across the country. According to him, although cashew contributed significantly to the country’s socio-economic development, road networks in production zones remained in deplorable conditions, affecting transportation and productivity. Mr Dongi made the call at the launch of the second phase of the “Amplifying Voices of Cashew Farmers” project by Cashew Watch Ghana, a civil society advocacy group, in Banda-Ahenkro. He said the government must consider a Cashew Roads Initiative, similar to the Cocoa Roads Programme, to expedite road infrastructure development in key cashew-producing communities.