AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF CONSTRAINTS AND CHALLENGES IN PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF CASHEWNUT IN KARNATAKA.

摘要

ia is the world's leading producer and exporter of cashew accounting for about 29.74 per cent and 44.48 per cent of the world's output and export, respectively. India produced 6.13 lakh tonnes of cashewnut from an area of 9.23 lakh hectares in 2009-10. Foreign exchange earned by the country through export of cashew kernels, cashewnut shell liquid and allied products during 2008-09 was Rs. 2967.03 crores. The industry is providing gainful employment opportunity for more than one million people engagedin the agrarian and industrial sector (Venkatesh, 2007).In India, nearly 40 lakh tonnes of cashew apple is being available, but major portion is being wasted. About 50,000 tonnes of fenni' is prepared from 72,500 tonnes of cashew apple in Goa. Apart from the economic significance; cashew industry has a leading role in the social and financial upliftment of the rural poor. Cashew is generally described as poor man's crop and rich man's food.