International Journal of Management, IT and Engineering
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 9

Role of organic cashew nut cultivation-A study in cuddalore district

  • Author:
  • P. Murugamani, G. Ravi
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 379 to 386

*Ph. D. Research Scholar, Department of Economics, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, 608 002 E. mail: murugamanip1304@gmail.com

**Professor of Economics Department of Economics, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, 608 002, dr_gravi@yahoo.co.in

Online published on 11 October, 2019.

Abstract

India's strength is agriculture especially in rural India, the prosperity of the household depends on the prosperity of agriculture and allied activities. Our Indian traditional agricultural cultivation is organic practice, but now, the situation has been changed over the few decades. Because the technological development created to push farmers depends on the fertilizers for their all sort of agricultural activity, with the help of technological consequences. Then again farmers are trying to come to the initial (traditional) method of cultivation side because the consumers are realized the impact of the chemical fertilizers usage that would affect the human organs slowly. After the green revolution (1965) In India, all kinds of farmers preferably shifted to the organic cultivation for their farming. In this regard, the present study deals organic cashew nut cultivation in Cuddalore district. In horticulture sector, cashew has a predominant position compared to other type cultivation of this field. Now the thing is the role of organic cashew nut production in Cuddalore district and its floating among the different market scenario at national as well as international level.

Keywords

Organic, Inorganic, Cashew nut, Fertilizers and Nutritional status