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.