Integrated Production Practices of Cashew in Asia













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Edited
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Minas K. Papademetriou
Edward M. Herath


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
BANGKOK, THAILAND, 1998

This publication brings together edited manuscripts of papers presented at the Expert Consultation on “Integrated Production Practices in Cashew in Asia”, held in Bangkok, Thailand, 7-9 October 1997. The Consultation was organized and sponsored by the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. The Report of the Consultation was brought out in December 1997 (FAO/RAP Publication: 1998/12).

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1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS - M.K. Papademetriou

2. WELCOME ADDRESS - Soetatwo Hadiwigeno

3. INTEGRATED PRODUCTION PRACTICES OF CASHEW IN CHINA - Liu Kangde, Liang Shibang and Deng Suisheng

4. INTEGRATED PRODUCTION PRACTICES OF CASHEW IN INDIA - E.V.V. Bhaskara Rao

5. INTEGRATED PRODUCTION PRACTICES OF CASHEW IN INDONESIA - Usman Daras

6. INTEGRATED PRODUCTION PRACTICES OF CASHEW IN MYANMAR - Maung Maung Lay

7. INTEGRATED PRODUCTION PRACTICES OF CASHEW IN THE PHILIPPINES - Concepcion A.E. Magboo

8. INTEGRATED PRODUCTION PRACTICES OF CASHEW IN SRI LANKA - G.B.B. Surendra

9. INTEGRATED PRODUCTION PRACTICES OF CASHEW IN THAILAND - Suwit Chaikiattiyos

10. INTEGRATED PRODUCTION PRACTICES OF CASHEW IN VIETNAM - Nguyen Minh Chau

11. CASHEW NUT NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS - B.K.Nandi