₹23,000–₹34,000
per acre a year, before costs
once bearing, from about year 3
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹2,000 to a profit of ₹9,000 an acre a year
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 1,160 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,070 mm it can use in a normal year, and 810 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 15–35 °C on average, and survives 5–46 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 27 °C / 20 °C
- Jul 25 °C / 20 °C
- Aug 25 °C / 20 °C
- Sep 26 °C / 20 °C
- Oct 28 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 28 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 28 °C / 16 °C
- Jan 29 °C / 16 °C
- Feb 30 °C / 17 °C
- Mar 32 °C / 19 °C
- Apr 32 °C / 21 °C
- May 31 °C / 21 °C
- Jun 27 °C / 20 °C
Soil
Soil for Cashew: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 4.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 1.9 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (March–May 2026): about ₹14,855 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹11,475 a quintal, the middle of 6 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹3,000 a year at typical costs.
- ₹8,410 2021
- ₹9,250 2023
Prices are usually best in October.
Typical costs are about ₹25,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.