₹37,000–₹55,000
per acre a year, before costs
once bearing, from about year 3
After typical costs: ₹12,000–₹30,000 an acre a year
- Not known: No rain data
- Not known: No temperature data
- Needs care: Soil 6/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
No rain and temperature records here yet to work this out.
Temperature
Grows best at 15–35 °C on average, and survives 5–46 °C.
No temperature records here yet.
Soil
Soil for Cashew: 6 out of 10 (okay).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
Likes pH 4.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 3.1 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 India's mandis.
This week: about ₹11,475 a quintal, the middle of 6 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹11,000 a year after typical costs.
- ₹9,530 2021
- ₹10,180 2022
- ₹8,530 2023
- ₹10,500 2024
- ₹12,500 2025
Prices are usually best in February.
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 phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.
Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.
Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
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.