more-inThe Kerala State Cashew Development Corporation (KSCDC) is planning to set up a ₹5-crore cashew processing unit in the district, with an installed capacity of 2,000 kg raw cashew nuts a day. KSCDC officials held preliminary talks in this regard with the Kallar grama panchayat officials recently. It was decided to set up the processing unit on three acres of leased land offered by Panathady Cooperative Bank at Poodamkallu, 25 km east of Kanhangad. One of the reasons for choosing the area is its accessibility to cashew producing areas both in northern Kerala and Karnataka. However, becuase of lack of processing units the bulk of the produce is shifted to south Kerala for processing.

Source: The Hindu July 13, 2017 17:37 UTC