A cashew museum will be part of the silver jubilee building, which will come up on the premises of the Directorate of Cashew Research, at Kemminje in Puttur at an estimated cost of Rs. 5 crore.
N.K. Krishnakumar, Deputy Director General (Horticulture), ICAR, New Delhi, laid the building’s foundation stone on Saturday.
In addition to a museum, the building will have space for administration and other facilities, a release said.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Krishnakumar said that Indian cashew was highly sought after in the world market.
He said that even though domestic cashew consumption was increasing, the growing cashew processing capacities in African countries might hamper the availability of raw cashew nuts in the country.
