In 2007, the Mozambican cashew industry had grown to become a USD 20 million industry and the fourth largest cashew producer in the world. In 2008, TechnoServe ceased direct support in the country, considering that the aim of reviving the domestic processing industry has been achieved100. The processing industry counted already 16 processing plants, employing over 4 700 people and paying USD 1.6 million in wages, an average of USD 343 per annum (up from only 407 workers in 2002/03 with an annual average pay check of USD 213, although still considerably less than the 10 000 workers of the 1970s). In the vicinity of the processing plants the entrepreneurs provided funding for schools and healthcare for the workers and their families. While in the period 2001-04, the average fanner's share relative to the international FOB raw' cashew price w'as 32%, it rose to 42% in 2005-08, due to increased demand stimulated by domestic cashew processing. For 2007 and 2008 it was estimated that the price increases attributable to the domestic processing industry generated just under USD 2.5 million of additional income for farmers.