Kasaragod’s Cashew Revolution: Kerala’s Plantation Corporation Tests New Farming Models For Better Yield

ETV Bharat / offbeat

Kasaragod’s Cashew Revolution: Kerala’s Plantation Corporation Tests New Farming Models For Better Yield

By blending traditional cultivation with modern techniques, Plantation Corporation of Kerala hopes to make cashew farming more profitable and sustainable for farmers in South India.

Kasaragod (Kerala) : In acres of small plots near the Kasaragod Estate Office, hundreds of cashew saplings, barely reaching 10 feet when mature, are growing under three different growing conditions. Close spacing with drip irrigation, standard spacing with drip irrigation, and standard spacing without irrigation. Here, cashew plantation is getting a scientific makeover and how!

Welcome to Kerala’s northernmost district where the slopes are witnessing the transformation unde