Shift from conventional (integrated) to organic system of nutrient management influences the weed spectrum and species richness. Weed communities in conventionally and organically managed cashew plots were studied to assess phytosociological parameters and community diversity indices. The weed...

An obstacle in Indonesian crop estate products marketing abroad is the contamination of chemical pesticide residues and heavy metals. Implementing integrated pest management (IPM) and organic certification on estate crops are applied to meet consumer demands for healthier, quality, and safer...

Highly weathered laterite soils are a characteristic feature of humid tropics with undulating topography and high rainfall. The crop of cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) has been cultivated in such landscapes, mainly to prevent further degradation due to the drought hardiness of cashew and...

In the face of natural disasters, companies attempt to maintain the sustainability of their business by implementing an appropriate set of organisational practices. Based on the practice-based view of strategic management, this paper aims to identify intra- and inter-organisational supply chain...

Value chain of cashew has got greater potential in income generation and farm level employment. It was observed that increase in farm size is accompanied by higher productivity and remunerative price fetched by large farmers as compared to other categories of cashew growers. The net price received...

An experiment was conducted to study the performance of cashew cv. Venurla-4 under organic management during 2015-16 at RFRS, Vegurle, Maharastra in Randomized Block Design with three replications and eight treatments. Treatments comprises of different source of manures which were applied in June....

Cashew production in Tanzania is severely constrained by sucking insect pests such as the coreid coconut bugs (Pseudotheraptus wayi Brown), the mirid bugs, Helopeltis spp. and thrips spp. These pests damage flushing foliar and floral shoots as well as young cashew fruits and nuts. Farmers rely...

A study was undertaken to evaluate the performance of cashew and noni, a medicinal fruit crop as an inter crop for consistent and stabilized yield. The study revealed that there was no significant yield difference between mono cropping and inter cropping system in cashew which was 2.52 and 2.51...

During the previous three decades, organic produce has attracted the attention of a growing health-conscious population across the globe. Both international and domestic communities are becoming aware of issues like agrochemical residues, produce quality, and food safety. Worldwide, over 37.5...

Study was undertaken to evaluate the performance of the organically grown cashew crop for consistent and stabilized yield under varied weather conditions of plain track of Karnataka, India. The study revealed that during September to December where flushing (vegetative growth) is active, highest...