CONSTRAINT ANALYSIS ON CASHEWNUT PROCESSING UNITS IN SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

S. BHARAT¹*, A.K. SARAWGI², Y. SAHU^3
1Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, College of Agriculture, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482004, India
²Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, College of Agriculture, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482004, India
³Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, College of Agriculture, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482004, India
* Corresponding Author : bharatsirela@gmail.com

Received : 01-07-2020     Accepted : 13-07-2020     Published : 15-07-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 13       Pages : 10040 - 10042
Int J Agr Sci 12.13 (2020):10040-10042

Keywords : Relevancy rating, Constraints, Cashewnut processing units, Cashew industry
Academic Editor : Dr Saleem Siddiqui, Tomislav Tosti, Nimit Kumar
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to ICAR and Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, College of Agriculture, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The study has attempted to examine the present status of cashewnut processing units in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh and also to identify the constraints associated with the running of the cashewnut processing units. Per day processing capacity was taken into consideration for the selection of the processing units. Relevancy rating was used to identify the major constraints of the owners. The study revealed that, 292 cashewnut processing units are currently functioning across the 38 mandals of the Srikakulam district and among them 67 per cent processing units were functioning in Palasa (145) and Mandasa (51) mandals only. Regarding the problems of processing units, high working capital requirement and higher taxation were the most prominent. Shortage of skilled labour, irregular power supply, unavailability of raw materials in domestic market and inadequate storage facilities were the other major problems reported by the owners of the cashew nut processing units. The study suggests for the establishment of Cashew Industry Development Board for the effective functioning of the processing units and also for the establishment of processing units in other regions of the district, on cooperative basis.

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