About Project

• Technologies developed at CEPCI as part of the NAIP-ICAR Project

    CEPCI-NAIP 1   Low cost method for anacardic acid extraction from cashew nut shell Anacardic acids do have many industrial and medicinal applications with established anticancer activity and the cost of which falls on a higher side. It is […]

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• Value Chain

  A VALUE CHAIN ON CASHEW

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• CEPCI Lab & Technical Division Develops Pollution Control System for Cashew Factories

  

  The CEPCI Lab & Technical Division, Kollam, Kerala has developed and designed a Pollution Control System for controlling the effluents emitted from the traditional “Drum Roasting” process in cashew factories. The system is designed to remove heavy carbon particles as […]

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• Receipts and Revenues

    Amount Released to CEPC upto January 2012 :  130.40068 ( Rupees in Lakhs )

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• ICAR-NAIP PROJECT ON A VALUE CHAIN ON CASHEW FOR DOMESTIC & EXPORT MARKET

  

  Agriculture is and will continue to be the main driver of country’s economic growth with social justice. Our agriculture did extremely well and it was on the ascendancy till the mid nineties but after that the growth slowed down. Since 1996-97 the growth rate of agricultural GDP has been, on an average, 1.75 % per year in contrast with the rate of 4% that is required. On the other hand the farmer has been facing rising input costs, declining returns from the inputs, uncertain market, increasing role of market in agriculture and blurring of distinction between the domestic market and the international market.

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• Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

  

  The ICAR has played a pioneering role in ushering Green Revolution and subsequent developments in agriculture in India through its research and technology development that has enabled the country to increase the production of foodgrains, horticultural crops, fish etc..

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• NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION PROJECT (NAIP)

  

  The NAIP is to facilitate accelerated and sustainable transformation of Indian agriculture in support of poverty alleviation and income generation by collaborative development and application of agricultural innovation by the public research organizations in partnership with the farmer’s groups, the private sector, the civil society organizations and other stakeholders.

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• Value Chain

  A VALUE CHAIN ON CASHEW

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• Approaches

  Novel approaches to be followed Introduction of viable storage techniques and impart training in GMP in storage of raw cashewnuts. Formation of a linkage between farmer and processor Developing standards for raw cashew nuts and improving mode of conditioning raw […]

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• Project Objectives

  Development of standards for storage management of raw cashew nut Development of efficient raw cashew nut processing technique Development of quality standards for cashew kernels Identification/development of value added products of by-products Evaluation and promotion of developed technologies, quality certification […]

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