Yield Gap in Cashew Plantings (<i>Anacardium occidentale L</i>) in West Africa: Status, Causes and Prospects (Review)

Mesmes-Juste Amanoudo; Sorotori Cesaire Kassa; Adigla Appolinaire Wedjangnon; Samadori Honore Biaou; Christine Nougbode Ouinsavi

doi:doi:10.11648/j.aff.20221104.13

Yield Gap in Cashew Plantings (Anacardium occidentale L) in West Africa: Status, Causes and Prospects (Review)

Mesmes-Juste Amanoudo, Sorotori Cesaire Kassa, Adigla Appolinaire Wedjangnon, Samadori Honore Biaou, Christine Nougbode Ouinsavi

Published in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Volume 11, Issue 4)

Received: 2 July 2022 Accepted: 18 July 2022 Published: 29 July 2022

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Abstract

Cashew cultivation is of paramount importance in West Africa because of its economic, social, and environmental significance. Cashew nuts production in recent years has been growing steadily in this part of Africa, making it the largest producer of raw cashew nuts in whole world. Unfortunately, this success has been achieved by expanding the area under cultivation rather than improving yields. To reverse this trend, it is important to understand the causes of this yield gap despite the high potential, to take stock of the research conducted in this way, and to propose perspectives. For that, documents were collected through Agora, Scopus, and Google Scholar over the period from 2010 to 2020, resulting in the selection of 103 relevant documents on the subject, using specific keyword combinations. Review slips were produced for each document to categorize then synthesize information from the documents. Numerous studies have been conducted in West Africa about the improvement of the plant material, diseases and pest management, soil fertilization, impact of climatic variations, pollination, and application of technical production itineraries. It appears that the yield gap observed in West Africa is due to the poor performance of the plant material that we use, the weak or poor application of good agricultural practices, particularly weeding, pruning, and thinning practices, phytosanitary treatments, and lack of fertilization. The implementation of these practices coupled with the combination of intercropping and beekeeping and the use of growth hormones could more improve cashew nuts production performance in West Africa.

Published in	Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Volume 11, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.aff.20221104.13
Page(s)	140-153
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Keywords

Literature Search, Cashew Nut, Agroforestry, Benin, Productivity

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Laboratory of Forestry Studies and Research, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin
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Laboratory of Forestry Studies and Research, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin
Adigla Appolinaire Wedjangnon

Laboratory of Forestry Studies and Research, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin
Samadori Honore Biaou

Laboratory of Ecology, Botany and Plant Biology, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin
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Laboratory of Forestry Studies and Research, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin

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AU  - Sorotori Cesaire Kassa
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