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IMPROVING CASHEW NUT PRODUCTION THROUGH SELECTION AND AN IMPROVED PLANTING METHOD
Article number
153_54
Pages
393 – 396
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Abstract
Data are presented on the annual nut yields and characteristics of selected cashew trees.
One such tree had an average annual yield of over 78 kg of nuts compared with a local average of less than 5 kg per tree per year.
The best trees have been included in a selection programme and their clonal progenies have been planted in a yield trial.
The plants are now three years old and some have started bearing and look promising.
Observations over a long period indicate that the use of a hedgerow system of planting cashews, either seedlings or clones, would increase yields by as much as eight times the present average.
It is hoped that this system will allow a more efficient use of land in areas of good rainfall and that the farmers will achieve higher incomes.
One such tree had an average annual yield of over 78 kg of nuts compared with a local average of less than 5 kg per tree per year.
The best trees have been included in a selection programme and their clonal progenies have been planted in a yield trial.
The plants are now three years old and some have started bearing and look promising.
Observations over a long period indicate that the use of a hedgerow system of planting cashews, either seedlings or clones, would increase yields by as much as eight times the present average.
It is hoped that this system will allow a more efficient use of land in areas of good rainfall and that the farmers will achieve higher incomes.
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Authors
A.S. Abubaker
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