The application of good practices is an essential foundation for the establishment of a new functional and thriving cashew farm. This flip-chart (picture bloc), with its very comprehensive pictures as well as a question and answer section, describes how to better prepare an area for the establishment of a thriving cashew farm. It is designed to help introduce novice cashew farmers to this kind of farming or those who want to expand their cashew farming endeavors. It is used as training material by the African Cashew Initiative and is intended to be used by extension agents to animate group sessions to train such farmers. It can also be consulted by someone who has the intention of establishing a cashew plantation. This picture-based extension material is part of a series which covers the establishment phase; good agricultural practices of cashew plantation management; harvest and post-harvest operation as well as quality issues.