ISHS Acta Horticulturae 1080: I International Symposium on Cashew Nut
STATUS OF CASHEW IN ANDHRA PRADESH |
| Authors: | K. Hari Babu, B. Prasanna Kumar |
| Keywords: | cashew, area, production, processing, constraints |
| DOI: | 10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1080.3 |
| Abstract:
The cultivation of cashew in Andhra Pradesh state is mainly confined in 8 districts of coastal A.P. The total area occupies 1.83 lakh ha with a production of 99,000 t which is second in the country. The cashew is cultivated with Bapatla cultivars of BPP-1 to BPP-8 and new promising lines of T.No.10/19 and T.No. 30/1 from Cashew Research Station, Bapatla. There are 211 processing units in Andhra Pradesh with a processing capacity of 150,000 t. The W180 grade fetching highest price of Rs. 425/- per kg. The processing industry is facing problems by Value Added Tax and Turnover Tax by the Government. The Government of A.P. is giving input subsidy of 50% to all the farmers and 75% to SC & ST farmers for its cultivation in A.P. | |
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