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Union Minister of State for MSME and Labour and Employment Shobha Karandlaje said present connected Friday, November 14, that determination is simply a request to make climate-resilient, high-density, and high-yielding cashew varieties successful the state to summation home production.
Speaking astatine the inaugural league of the three-day Kaju Centennial Summit-2025, organised by the Karnataka Cashew Manufacturers Association (KCMA), the Minister said that cashew processing industries successful the state are facing a dearth of earthy cashews to process. Hence, home accumulation volition person to beryllium increased, she added.
She further stated that Vietnam produced 1,200 k.g. of earthy cashews per hectare portion successful India, accumulation stood astatine 600 k.g. a hectare. India volition person to look self-reliant successful cashew production.
The Minister said that successful summation to cashew, India is not self-reliant successful the accumulation of edible lipid and dal.
Ms. Karandlaje said that 40 lakh radical are babelike connected cashew processing successful India and the manufacture gives employment to astir 1 lakh women alone.
Vishwaprasanna Tirtha, seer, Udupi Pejawar Mutt, Kota Srinivas Poojary, MP, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru, A. K. Rao, President, KCMA, and Kalbavi Prakash Rao, convener of the summit, were besides present.
