Anmerkungen:
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments March 2019 erstellt
Beschreibung:
The cashew processing industry in India is clustered around the Kollam region in Kerala, which is traditionally known as the global cashew trading capital. Cashew processing is a labour intensive industry and has a long history of employing a large number of women workers. The export of cashew kernel from Kerala was 36,390 metric tons in 2017 with a value of 2580 Crores. This made it around 43.78 % of the total cashew kernel exports from India to the world in 2017. This reveals the significance of the region in the cashew processing industry in India. The cashew processing factories in Kerala work under both public and private ownership, but most are under the private ownership and they are the major market players who interconnect the region with global market economies. The present study is to understand and analyse the factors behind the declining cashew industry in Kollam region and relocation of existing units to other Indian states. The study covers five dimensions of the cashew industry: the overall trends in cashew production and trade; the endogenous and exogenous causes of the crisis; innovation and efficiency in the industry; institutional interventions; and other regional factors related to ease of doing business. The study is based on a meticulous field research among cashew industrialists and related stakeholders from the Kollam region in Kerala