The Hindu Business Line : `Follow experts' package of practices for better cashew yield'

Mangalore March 25 Cashew growers have been urged to follow the package of practices proposed by the experts to get better yields from their plantations.

Inaugurating a `cashew field day', organised by the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) at the Cashew Research Station at Ullal in Mangalore on Saturday, Mr S.D. Sampath Samrajya, Member of the Board of Regent of UAS, said growers could increase the yield from their plantations if they take steps to follow the package of practices proposed for the plantations.

Mr Samrajyasaid that growers get good returns in cashew when compared with other plantation crops. The raw cashewnut market is not affected much by the price volatility. This is not the case in other plantation crops. So farmers can take minimum risk if they plan to cultivate cashew.

The cashew research station at Ullal has come out with some of the best varieties of cashew plants, and farmers should take steps to cultivate them.

Mr Narahari Prabhu, Member of the Karnataka Cashew Manufacturers' Association (KCMA), said that cashew-processing units in Karnataka process around 35,000 tonnes of cashew a year. The installed capacity of these units is 1.25 lakh tonnes. Vietnam, one of the major cashew-producing nations, produces around 4.5 lakh tonnes of cashew from 3 lakh hectares.

The productivity of the cashew plantations is more in that nation compared to India.

He urged growers to follow suitable package of practices to increase yield from the plantations.

Dr T.K. Prabhakara Shetty, Director (Research), University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, said that cashew plantations were now coming up in various non-traditional areas in the State.

Organic vegetables and cashew have good export value, and growers should take benefit of this, he added.

Dr T.R. Guruprasad, Head of Cashew Research Station at Ullal, spoke on the occasion.

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