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Cashew Kernels are native to South America, specifically Brazil, and were introduced by colonists to Africa and India. These regions are the largest producers of cashews today. Cashews are sold both raw or roasted, and salted or unsalted.
The cashew nut has been introduced into India in 16th century in order to prevent soil erosion only. Later the kernels from this nut become a major source of income for most of the people in coastal tropical regions of India.
In India the area under cashew cultivation stood at 10.34 lakh hecare (1.034 Million hectare) during 2015-16, with estimated production of 6.70 lakh tonnes (0.67 million tonnes).
Cashew nut acreage is highly concentrated in East coast regions (Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkahnd, Chattisgarh,West Bengal and others) i.e., about 56 percent of area under Cashew than West coast regions (Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, and Maharashtra) contribute 44 percent of acreage. With respect to output, the West coast regions contribute nearly 54 percent of the total production compared with merely 39% from the East coast region. The reasons for this gap between area and production were more acreage under senile plantations in East Coast regions and availability of high yielding varieties in West Coast regions like Goa and Maharashtra.
Apart from the traditional Cashew-growing states, Cashew is also being grown to a certain extent in states like Gujarat, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Meghalaya and Assam.
Among all these states Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamilnadu and Karnataka have the major share of the total area under Cashew cultivation and occupy about 80 percent of the total cultivated area.
In terms of production the Indian state of Maharashtra ranks the first with a production estimate of 220,000 tonnes in 2015-16, followed by Andhra Pradehs and Odisha at 95,500 and 80,500 tonnes respectively.
Cashew nut is produced in almost all the continents but cultivated only in some limited countries.
The cultivation has been distributed in Asian countries such as India, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, West and East African countries, and Brazil. The nut is also cultivated in some packets of Sri Lanka, Australia, etc.,
The above Figure-1 indicates the major cashew producing countries in the world. It clearly gives an idea that it has been cultivated in the lower half of the globe i.e., nearer to the equatorial line. Cashew trees can thrive in hot humid regions and hence are distributed in countries near the equatorial region. It is also noted that most of the cashew producing countries are mainly concentrated in coastal areas.
Among the cashew producing countries, the Asian countries contribute about 42 percent of global production followed by African countries, which contribute 54.5 percent of the total production in 2015-16.