Cashew
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1999/01/01 The cashew, Anacardium occidentale, is a resilient and fast-growing evergreen tree that can grow to a height of 20 m (60 ft). It belongs to the family Anacardiaceae, which also contains poison ivy and the mango. Native to arid northeastern Brazil, the cashew was taken around the world by the...
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2000/03/20 Wherever climatic conditions lead to mildew on mango, it is likely to occur on cashew as well.
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1998/12/19 Cashew (Anacardium occidentale) may be known as a poor man’s crop, but this is probably because it grows well on sandy soils of poor fertility. In Mozambique and Tanzania, cashew occupies lowland areas close to the coast with a rainfall between 900-1300 mm (35.5-52 in) per year.
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Edible Portion: Nuts, Leaves, Fruit pulp, Flavouring, Seeds, Oil A spreading evergreen tree up to 7-14 m tall. It has spreading branches. The canopy can spread 12 m. The roots grow deeply and spread widely. The bark is rough. The trunk is 15-20 cm across. The leaves are alternate. The leaves are...
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Access Agriculture Training Video Cashew trees are mainly grown for their nuts and apples. In a well maintained cashew orchards and associated with annual crops, the trees produce more and yield nuts of good quality. Available languages Bambara Bariba English Ewe French Kabyé Kannada Portuguese...
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Access Agriculture Training Video People enjoy cashew nuts, whereas cashew apples are less valued. Leaving cashew apples on the land is an enormous loss of money. However, cashew apples can be processed into a nutritious juice which can be consumed throughout the year. Available languages...
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2016/04/12 Cashew (Anacardium occidentale) is one of thetropical crops receiving world attention majorlybecause of its nuts 2.6 million tonnes of cashew nuts produced in 2013(Cashew Handbook, 2014) The cashew apple is 8-10 times by weight of thecashew-nut (Lyannaz,1995)
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1992/06/19 A method for using the fruit ("apple") to which the cashew nut is attached.
- May, 2015 Lecture Notes India is the first country to exploit cashew as a commercial crop though five centuries after its introduction to India by Portuguese. Directorate of Cashew Research is the nodal agency for cashew research in the country. The research on cashew was initiated in the early...
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D. J.Adigajd.adiga@icar.gov.in,ICAR-Directorate of Cashew,India G.L.Veena,ICAR-Directorate of Cashew,India V.Thondaiman,ICAR-Directorate of Cashew,India M.Babli,ICAR-Directorate of Cashew,India An overview of canopy management in cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.),Journal of Horticultural...
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2009/02/20 Babli M and Nayak MG.,Biomolecue Reports, 2009 Cashew, an important horticultural crop, is gaining importance as an important rain fed tree crop both in traditional and nontraditional regions of the country. The demand for raw nuts for processing by Indian Cashew Processing Factories is ever...