Cashew manufacturers on Saturday sought the help of the State government to help farmers make use of cashew apple, which gets wasted in large quantities.
At the inauguration of the platinum jubilee of the Karnataka Cashew Manufacturers Association (KCMA) here, president of the celebration committee Walter D’Souza urged Minister for Health U.T. Khader to ensure that farmers growing cashew realise the commercial value of cashew apples.
Recently, the KCMA said that about 4 lakh tonnes of cashew apple goes waste every year in Karnataka and the association had made it a focus area to ensure that the nutritious pulp is put to good use. Self-help groups and growers could make juice of the fruit but lacked the know-how to. The Minister said the government would back the association in this endeavour.
