Cashew
Planted once, harvested year after year.
When to sow and harvest
Planted once at the start of the monsoon. It stays for years and gives a harvest every year.
Will it grow on your land?
Pick your place and water to see:
- Whether Cashew suits your land Good fit, possible or won't work, with the reasons.
- What it could earn an acre From yields near you and mandi prices.
- Water and fertiliser it needs Irrigations for your water, and bags for one acre.
What it needs
Temperature
Survives 5–46 °C.
Water
Rain and irrigation together, worked out where most of it grows:
Soil pH
Likes slightly acidic soil. Grows from pH 3.8 to 8.7.
Source: FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°).
Fertiliser for one acre
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Mandi price, month by month
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Today's prices at mandis near youWhere it grows in India
- Area grown in India
- 2,16,207 ha
- 2022-23
- Average yield
- 1.4 t/ha
- 2022-23
- Most area
- North Goa
- Goa
- Best yield
- Kodagu
- 3.2 t/ha
States that grow it
Each state's share of India's production, in its latest year with figures (2025-26). Tap a state to open it.
Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).
Where it grows most
The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.
- 1 North Goa Goa 11% 37,355 ha
- 2 Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh 8.7% 30,481 ha
- 3 Ariyalur Tamil Nadu 8.7% 30,453 ha
- 4 East Godavari Andhra Pradesh 8.6% 30,169 ha
- 5 Cuddalore Tamil Nadu 8.3% 29,279 ha
- 6 Srikakulam Andhra Pradesh 7.0% 24,495 ha
- 7 South Goa Goa 5.5% 19,355 ha
- 8 Kannur Kerala 5.3% 18,674 ha
- 9 Udupi Karnataka 5.0% 17,482 ha
- 10 Dakshina Kannada Karnataka 4.0% 13,987 ha
Cashew yield
- 0.0–0.2 t/ha
- 0.3–0.3 t/ha
- 0.4–0.5 t/ha
- 0.5–1.7 t/ha
- 1.8–3.2 t/ha
1 Numbers match the list: the districts with the most area.
Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2011-12 to 2022-23.
Where yields are highest
Districts growing it on at least 100 ha, against the average across India. The line runs from India's average to each district.
- Kodagu Karnataka 3.2 t/ha 4.3× India
- Haveri Karnataka 2.8 t/ha 3.7× India
- Uttara Kannada Karnataka 2.6 t/ha 3.5× India
- Belagavi Karnataka 2.4 t/ha 3.3× India
- Tumakuru Karnataka 2.4 t/ha 3.2× India
- Chikkaballapura Karnataka 2.4 t/ha 3.2× India
- Udupi Karnataka 2.3 t/ha 3.0× India
- Gadag Karnataka 2.2 t/ha 3.0× India
- South West Garo Hills Meghalaya 1.9 t/ha 2.6× India
- Dakshina Kannada Karnataka 1.9 t/ha 2.6× India
Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2011-12 to 2022-23.
Across India over the years
Yield (t/ha)
Area (ha)
Only years in which most of the usual districts reported are shown.
Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2011-12 to 2022-23.
Soil and yield
How district soil tests line up with this crop's yields across India.
Cashew yields tend to be higher in districts with
- More soil medium in nitrogen moderate 64 districts
- More soil short of copper moderate 64 districts
- More soil high in nitrogen weak 64 districts
- More soil short of zinc weak 64 districts
- More soil short of iron weak 64 districts
Cashew yields tend to be lower in districts with
- More soil low in nitrogen moderate 64 districts
A pattern is not proof that soil causes the difference.
Source: Soil Health Card – soil nutrient analysis (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).