FAST HISTORY
Mexico, Peru and Brazil, the plant
realise the economic importance of this plant and only from world
war II, plantations of this species came into realization in India* The
large -scale plantations were initiated in southern India, Orissa,- Bambay
and West Bengal. Simultaneously the processing industries also- -came up
and’as a result India became virtually the monopoly holder in the export
market of Cashewnut and other by-products out of this plant. During
1951, India earned 19 million dollars by export of cashewnut and other
by-products whereas during that year the earning from tea was only 16
million dollars. By now India’s earning of foreign exchange on account
of cashewnut and by-products has gone well over 35 crores.