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Source: The Cashew Export Promotion Council, Cochin.
during flowering and fruiting. 1 It contributes 23.50 per cent of India‟s production. The
compound growth rate reveals that the Maharastra occupies the first place followed by Orissa,
Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. The Compound Growth Rate is 11.40 per cent per annum.
Kerala is the second largest cashew nut producer in India. It has also an increasing trend
during the study period except the years 1993-94 to 1994-95, 1996-97 to 1997-98, 2000-01,
2004-05, 2008-09 and 2009-10. Its contribution is 21.85 per cent of India‟s production. The
reason behinds are felling of cashew trees, conservation of cashew area into rubber plantations,
rising in prices and conservation cashew into turmeric in small patches. Recurring cost in kerala
was high due to high labour cost. The Compound Growth Rate is 4.70 per cent per annum.
Andhra Pradesh has an average of 76442.5 metric tonnes during the study period. It has
an increasing trend in cashew nut production. There was a decreasing in trend production due to
plantations have been established with clonal material of high yielding varieties 2 . Its contribution
to India‟s production is 16.14 per cent per annum. The Compound Growth Rate is 5.40 per cent
per annum.
Orissa has an average production of 58631 metric tonnes in the study period. It has
increasing trend of cashew nut productions throughout the period. But, there was also decreasing
trend noticed in the years 1994-95, 1997-98, 1999-2000 and 2009-2010. The reason behinds are
pest and disease improper utilization manures and fertilizer, mildew and cyclones, deforestation
and farmers switch over to commercial crops like jute and sugarcane. Its contribution to India‟s
production is 12.37 per cent per annum and Compound Growth Rate is 6.00 per cent per annum.
Karnataka has an average of 42166 metric tonnes of cashew nut productions over the
period. It has an increasing trend in cashew nut production. But, unfortunately there was
decreasing trend identified in the years 1994-95, 1997-98, 2000-01, 2004-05, and 2009-10. Its
contribution to India‟s production is 8.90 per cent per annum. The reasons behind are high cost
of grafter/air layer, lack of plant production chemicals and establishment cost was relatively
higher than other crops. The Compound Growth Rate is 11.60 per cent per annum.
Tamil Nadu is the six largest producer state of cashew nut in India. It has an average of
41225 metric tonnes during the study period. Production has an increasing trend except the years
2001-02 and 2009-10. The reasons behind are replantation, deforestation, rainfall and
temperature which are also the two major factors contributing cashew production. Cloudy
weather during flowering sometimes is beneficial, but heavy rains during flowering and fruit
1 Haldankar, P.M. “ Strategies and Constraints for Cashew Production in Maharastra”, The Cashew, 18(8), p14.
2004.
2 Venkattakumar R.,“ Socio Economic Factors for Cashew Production and Implicative Strategies: An Over View,”
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