Growth in area, production and productivity of Cashew in India

In India, cultivation of cashew is confined to Kerala, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra along the West-coast and Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal along the East-coast. The growth in the area, production and productivity of cashew in India was estimated using the compound annual growth rate function. The necessary secondary data were collected for a period of 15 years from 2000-01 to 2014-15. Growth rates on all India level showed a significant positive growth in area under cashew. The production of cashew also registered significant positive growth. But in case of productivity, cashew registered non-significant and negative. The compound annual growth rate in area under cashew nuts during 2014-15 was maximum in Odisha 3.94 per cent followed by Tamil Nadu 3.81 per cent and Andhra Pradesh 2.86 per cent . In the case of production, it was maximum in Maharashtra 6.70 per cent followed by Karnataka 5.22 per cent, West-Bengal 4.79 per cent. But in case of productivity, most of them were negative and non-significant only West-Bengal was 2.39 per cent followed by Maharashtra 1.85 per cent positive and significant at one per cent