The Kerala State Cashew Development Corporation (KSDC) has joined hands with the Agriculture department to implement Poshaka Samrudhi 2022-2025, a project to extend the cultivation of fruit-bearing trees and vegetables.
The six-acre farm on the premises of the KSCDC factory at Kottiyam will have different varieties of coconut, areca nut, cashew, rambutan, guava, Malabar tamarind, chikoo, longan and abiu. While drumstick will be cultivated in one block, a research wing to plant and monitor the growth and yield of different cashew varieties will also be established as part of the project.
“It is the first Poshaka Samrudhi farm in the State and Agriculture Minister P. Prasad will inaugurate the project on June 15 at Kottiyam. The KSCDC has set aside ₹1 lakh as beneficiary share,” said KSCDC chairman S. Jayamohan at a press meet here on Wednesday.
