Brazil: With production falling, cashew requires incorporation of technology and management to increase yield
Cashew Nut Kernel
Brazil
Published Jan 22, 2022
Tridge summary
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in partnership with Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical (Fortaleza-CE), released this Thursday, the 20th, preliminary data, therefore subject to adjustments, for the 2021 cashew crop. The national production of cashew nuts was 110,669 tons. The number is lower than that recorded in the last harvest, when 139,921 tons of the fruit were produced, that is, a drop of 21% in one year. The data were announced through a live broadcast on Embrapa's YouTube channel. The figures for the three main cashew nut producing states were also released. Together, they represent 90% of the total cashew production in Brazil. Ceará, the largest producer, recorded a drop of 16% compared to the previous crop, falling from 85,100 tonnes in 2020 to 60,000 tonnes last year. Yields also declined: from 316 kilos of cashew nuts per hectare, it dropped to 233 kilos of cashew nuts per hectare.
Original content
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in partnership with Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical (Fortaleza-CE), released this Thursday, the 20th, preliminary data, therefore subject to adjustments, for the 2021 cashew crop. The national production of cashew nuts was 110,669 tons. The number is lower than that recorded in the last harvest, when 139,921 tons of the fruit were produced, that is, a drop of 21% in one year. The data were announced through a live broadcast on Embrapa's YouTube channel. The figures for the three main cashew nut producing states were also released. Together, they represent 90% of the total cashew production in Brazil. Ceará, the largest producer, recorded a drop of 16% compared to the previous crop, falling from 85,100 tonnes in 2020 to 60,000 tonnes last year. Yields also declined: from 316 kilograms of cashew nuts per hectare, it dropped to 233 kilograms of cashew nuts per hectare. Piauí also recorded a drop in cashew nut production. The ...
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