Critical analysis of the cashew export value chain in Sri Lanka

Abstract

The Sri Lanka economy composition consists of three main economic sectors of Services, Industrial and Agricultural. Despite the agricultural contribution is comparatively less to the Gross Domestic Production (GDP) worldwide appreciation is very high due to the natural quality of Sri Lankan agrarian products. Records show that cashew cultivation was introduced to Sri Lanka in the sixteenth century from Brazil. Currently, cashew farming plays an important role in the agrarian sector in the Sri Lankan economy mainly generating high price value of finished products.