Cashew Fruits

# Details
1 cashew is an export-oriented crop. It can grow for nuts and forming is a long-term project.
2 It is highly delicious and nutritive. It is highly profitable, when it is grow properly with a right marketing plan.
3 It grows up well in all soils. Red sandy loam is best suited. Plains as well as hill slopes upto 600 - 700 feet elevation are suitable.
4 The cashew fruit is a kidney shaped drupaceous nut, greenish grey in colour. The nuts vary in size, shape, weight (3 to 20g) and shelling percentage (15%-30%).
5 Rainfall requirement: 50 cm - 250 cm and tolerate a temperature range of 25 to 49 C.
6 India imports raw cashew nuts, which are processed and converted into cashew kernels and cashew shell liquid and re-exported to the countries.
7 Commercial orchards produce an average of 2 tonnes per hectare, with proper maintenance 43 tonnes per hectare can be achieved.
Projections Per Acre(in INR)

Plants per acre: 681

1st year Expenses: 681 x 450 = 3,06,450/-. First year Land establishment cost: 1,75,000. And Maintenance Cost: 50,000.

Yearly maintenance: 2,12,580x 3 years = 6,37,740/-.

Total cash out flow = 11,69,190/-.

Income can start in 3rd year but full yield will be in 20th year.

Estimated Revenue: 1,06,23,600/-.

from 3rd year to 20th year which is 908 times.

Prices as per 2019-20 FY

Yield Statistics

  • 3 Years 151 Times
  • 15 Years 302 Times
  • 20Years 378 Times
Cost Benefit Analysis

Cost for 681 seedlings = (681 x Rs.650) = 3,06,450/-Rupees

Trees will start fruit after a period of 3 years:

Age (Years) Yield (Kgs) REVENUE Income (INR)
3 4Kg 650Rs. 17,70,600/-
5 5Kgs 650Rs. 22,13,250/-.
10 7Kgs 650Rs. 30,98,550/-.
15 8Kgs 650Rs. 35,41,200/-.
20 10Kgs 650Rs. 44,26,500/-.

Areas of Plantation

  1. cashew plantation project demands an adequate amount of land for cultivation.
  2. When selecting land for cashew, soils with salinity/alkalinity or water logging should be avoided.
  3. Land should be cleared of shrub vegetation before digging pits for planting.

Few Considerations

  1. Initial maintenance is required for 4 years.
  2. For establishing new plantations, land preparation should begin with the first pre-monsoon rains.
  3. They are good in export value. Return is expected from 10 years.

Positive Confirmations

  1. it is a zero-cholesterol nut with high unsaturated fatty acids, proteins, and carbohydrates.
  2. It is a rich source of vitamin C and sugar.
  3. Finely chopped kernels are used in the production of sweets, ice cream, cake and chocolates, both at home and industrially.
  4. The kernel oil of pale yellow color is used in pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.

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