<p>The efforts of the state government are continuing to increase agricultural production. There is a nutritious environment for cashew and the state government has taken initiative to increase cashew production in Konkan. For the sustainable development of Konkan, the state government has taken special steps to increase tourism in Konkan including fisheries, horticulture, dairy. is trying. At the same time, capital will be made available at low interest rates to give relief to cashew growers in Konkan. The decision of the state government to implement the interest rate concession scheme through the respective district central banks was held in the meeting chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. was taken.</p> <p>Wet cashew nuts are becoming more expensive these days so missions for extracting wet cashews on pilot basis will be called from Ludhiana. Ordering these machines will help in increasing the production of wet cashews. Also, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar directed Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Agricultural University to develop high yielding varieties of cashew.</p> <p><br /> A good environment is observed for the cultivation of cashew in Konkan.<br /> There is a gift of nature in Konkan. Therefore, there is a nutritious environment of cashew in this region. Taking full advantage of this environment, the state government has taken initiative to increase the productivity of the farmers in the region. Cashew cultivation is neglected due to lack of capital. However, now this issue will be resolved through the district central bank. Farmers will get loans at low interest rates. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has expressed confidence that this will increase production.</p> <p>Who was involved in the meeting<br /> The issues of cashew growers were also reviewed in the meeting. A meeting was held in the committee room of the Deputy Chief Minister's office to discuss the problems faced by the farmers while cultivating cashew. The meeting was presided over by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar while Agriculture Minister Dadaji Bhuse, Cooperation Minister Balasaheb Patil, Horticulture Minister Sandipan Bhumare, Minister of State for Horticulture Aditi Tatkare and MLA Shekhar Nikam were present.</p> <p>Instructions to Konkan University to develop varieties<br /> The Deputy Chief Minister gave instructions to develop varieties with a view to increase the production of cashew. Balasaheb Sawant was given to the Vice Chancellor of Konkan Agricultural University, Dr. Sanjay Sawant. If varieties are developed, it will further help in increasing the production. He also reviewed the problems faced by the farmers while cultivating cashew at the local level. During this, Registrar of the University Dr. Bharat Salvi Maharashtra State Co-op Cashew Prof. Federation President Dhananjay Yadav, Mithilesh Desai, Khalgaon Cashew Liquor and Pankaj Dalvi, Director, Cashew Growers Cooperative Society were present.</p> <p>According to agriculture sector experts, cashew is cultivated on 1.91 lakh hectare area in Maharashtra. Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Raigad, Palghar, Kolhapur and Sangli districts are famous for this. Whereas the area under this crop in the whole country is 10.10 lakh hectare, in which 7.45 lakh metric tonnes is produced. Cashew is a major foreign exchange earning crop.</p>