Download or read book Cashew as an Agroforestry Crop written by Rüdiger Behrens and published by Balogh Scientific Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study examines the world market situation for cashew nuts, cashew kernels and cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL). The cashew nut production has diversified since the 1970s: India, Mozambique and Tanzania shared 95% of the world market. In the 1990s Brazil and India are main producers, followed by Mozambique, Vietnam and Indonesia, as important newcomers as well as several other countries. Due to drought, pest and disease incidence in major producing countries the production is highly erratic. Highest production was achieved in 1993 when 150.000 t of kernels were produced. The market could absorb this amount, showing a big elasticity. CNSL is a natural phenol, currently lowly priced compared to technical phenols.