Trends in area, production, yield and export-import of cashew in Indiaan economic analysis

Cashew is known as ‘maintenance free’ crop and the recommended package of practices are not followed and this leads to low yield. The study is based on secondary data and analyzed by using standard statistical tools like arithmetic mean and coefficient of variation, compound growth rates and graphical representations to draw the overview of trends in area, production and productivity of cashew in India. Both area and production of cashew has been increasing and finally productivity in the country.