Experts team lead by Prof Laxman Kukanoor, demonstrated on making juice and jam by cashew apple in a recently held awareness programme.
HUBBALLI: Having found the climactic conditions in Dharwad district to be conducive to the cultivation of cashew, the Directorate of Cashewnut and Cocoa Development (DCCD), a central agency, is collaborating with the Regional Horticultural Research and Extension Centre (RHREC) in Kumbhapur to encourage more farmers to undertake cultivation of cashew across the district.
Deputy director of DCCD, Kochi Dadasaheb Desayi pointed to Dharwad’s proximity to Uttara Kannada, which is part of the traditional cashew belt in the region, as being one of the reasons for encouraging cultivation of the commercial crop in the district.