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Cashew is Healthy for the Entire Family





                  Cashew's Contribution to the Planet,


                                      People and Prosperity







                 People
















                                                                                “Cashew processing provides
                                                                                year-round direct employment
                                                                                to over 800,0000 people, over
                                                                                70% of whom are women in tier-2
                                                                                and tier-3 cities (roughly 20 crore
                                                                                mandays of employment a year).”


                                                                                Source: Cashewinformation.com




                                                          Cashew processing
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                 Planet




                                                                            Traditionally, cashew tree is grown to con-
                                                                            serve soil. In Central Africa, it is found that
                                                                            one hectare of cashew plantation of 10 years
                                                                            age captures and stores roughly about 60
                                                                            tons of Carbon in bark, branch, roots, and
                                                                            soil carbon. While 20 years cashew plantation
                                                                            stores roughly about 82 tons of Carbon.
                                                                            India has over 1 million hectares of cashew
                                                                            plantation. Thus, cashew plantations is a very
                                                                            good choice for reforestation.
                                                                            https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/
                                                                            17583004.2020.1858682




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