Cashew Development Corporation to hold two-day Cashew Mela on May 17 and 18 in Mangaluru

Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker U. T. Khader connected Saturday, said cashew just is an important programme to marque radical alert of the value of cashew harvest that had been an important commercialized harvest successful the coastal region.

Speaking aft releasing the poster of the Cashew Mela to beryllium organised by the Karnataka Cashew Development Corporation and the Karnataka Forest Department connected May 17 and 18 here, Mr. Khader said the cashew manufacture was supporting galore families successful the coastal areas.

Due to mediocre output of section varieties, earthy cashews are being imported from Africa to factories successful the portion and processed cashew products are being exported. In this context, it is commendable that the Cashew Mela by the Corporation is being organised to make consciousness among the radical and farmers astir the cultivation of high-yielding cashew saplings and benefits for precocious productivity and bully profits successful the agelong run.

Corporation chairperson Mamata Gatti said the State-level Cashew Mela and store volition beryllium held astatine Kadri Park successful the metropolis successful collaboration. The purpose is to make consciousness among the wide nationalist and farmers astir cashew cultivation benefits and semipermanent profitability. Free introduction to radical is arranged with the purpose that farmers should spell location with caller knowledge, improved seedlings and marketplace confidence.

The Mela would supply accusation and person sessions connected the uses of cashew seeds and fruits; practices of cashew cultivation; accumulation of antithetic types of cashew saplings; store connected cashew processing and worth addition; existent concern of cashew production, etc. Besides felicitating progressive farmers, the lawsuit would person a buyers-sellers conference.

Conservator of Forests and Managing Director of the Corporation Kamala Karikalan said that the Corporation has plans to turn a cashew histrion successful each household. Chief conservator of Forests V. Karikalan, lawman conservator of Forests C. Ravishankar and others were present.