An Economic Analysis of Production of Cashew Nut (Anacardium occidentale) in Srikakulam District of Andhra Pradesh

The present study entitled “An Economic Analysis of Production of cashew nut in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh” was conducted in the year 2019-2020. The study made use of a multi-stage sampling and random sampling technique to select 105 farmers among the selected villages. Data for the selected study were collected with the aid of well-structured questionnaires. Data collected were analyzed using the tabulation method along with the required statistical tool. The Production of Cashew nut has increased in the area largely due to productivity increase and increase in the area under crop. Resource use structure in Cashew nut was found to be varied among the size groups. The per cost of cultivation was varied among the size groups of Cashew nut was highest on the small size (Rs.54415.98) and lowest on the large size (Rs.48317.64) and medium (Rs.52748.27) on the medium size the input-output ratio is highest on large size farms and lowest on small size farms.