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Karnataka Cashew Manufacturers’ Association (KCMA) volition organise a cashew expo during the three-day ‘Kaju Centennial Summit – 2025’, which begins astatine TMA Pai International Convention Centre successful Mangaluru from November 14, according to Kalbavi Prakash Rao, convener of the Summit and a erstwhile president of KCMA.
Addressing the property present connected Friday, helium said that determination volition beryllium 120 stalls which volition showcase cutting-edge cashew processing technology, machinery from India and Vietnam, and innovative merchandise lines.
Mr. Kalbavi said that astir 300 cashew processing units successful Karnataka person provided employment to 70,000 labourers, chiefly women. “The units did not retrench employees erstwhile going for mechanisation, which progressive switching from manual processing to automation,” helium said.
“Seven labourers were required to process 1 container (80 kg) of cashew manually. With automation, 1 labourer was capable to process 1 container of cashew. Yet we (cashew manufacturers) did not region workers from their jobs. Even aft automation, the aforesaid fig of workers are continuing successful the units. However, caller labourers are not joining the units since galore youngsters are present choosing IT and different jobs,” Mr. Kalbavi added.
He further said that cashew units, on with beedi and tiles factories, were the accepted industries that provided employment to galore persons successful the coastal region. Cashew units successful Karnataka present process astir 5 lakh tonnes of cashew.
Demand for divided kernels
He said that determination is increasing request from consumers for divided cashew kernels alternatively of full kernels. But India does not person surplus cashew accumulation to summation exports, which present basal astatine astir 50,000 tonnes per annum.
Conference themes
Mr. Kalbavi said that experts astatine the acme volition deliberate connected emerging planetary marketplace trends, shifting request from accepted commercialized to e-commerce and speedy commerce, selling strategies to boost home depletion maturation from 7-8% to 12-13% annually, and achieving 2.5 cardinal tonnes of accumulation by 2030.
Distribution of seedlings
A.K. Rao, president, KCMA, said that the KCMA successful relation with Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP), Vijayalaxmi Foundation, and Udupi Pejawar Mutt, distributed 13 lakh grafted cashew seedlings to farmers escaped of outgo implicit the past 9 years nether the ‘Vriksha Raksha Vishwa Raksha’ project. “They are worthy astir ₹6 crore,” helium said, adding that the endurance complaint of those seedlings was astatine 80% to 85%. Another 2 lakh seedlings volition beryllium distributed this year.
“It has been projected to works astir 2.5 cardinal to 3 lakh cardinal cashew saplings successful Karnataka by 2030 nether the project, adding 20,000 tonnes of earthy cashew accumulation to the State,” Mr. Rao added.
The acme volition beryllium held to observe 100 years of cashew processing successful Mangaluru.
