Guinea-Bissau’s political ecology of the 1980s led to cashews overtaking all other exports as a generator of national revenue. Through ethnographic methodology, this paper examines the cashew commodityscape illustrated through an examination of several communities in southern Guinea-Bissau. This research addresses how livelihood strategies are fashioned as a result of necessity, opportunity, and negotiations with local, regional, and global economies. A majority of the local population in the research area was involved in cashew pomiculture in 2007 when the global demand and purchase price was low. By 2011, the price paid by wholesalers and intermediaries rebounded with even further integration of this commodity into the natural and cultural landscape. This paper finds that cashews are playing a significant role in the environmental, economic, and cultural spheres of Guinea-Bissau. This local articulation of a global phenomenon demonstrates the potential pitfalls and benefits of meeting very specific global demands.