Years Centre North-West
2003 231.48 ± 13.80 a 279.49 ± 8.93 b
2004 222.92 ± 12.28 a 284.34 ± 9.53 b
2005 238.54 ± 13.45 a 286.80 ± 11.49 b
2006 226.04 ± 10.85 a 281.47 ± 9.15 b
2007 232.29 ± 10.50 a 282.06 ± 10.56 b
2008 228.05 ± 9.30 a 273.16 ± 9.42 b
2009 223.54 ± 8.73 a 289.57 ± 8.12 b
2010 200.28 ± 6.21 ab 279.31 ± 8.16 b
2011 182.66 ± 7.29 ab 299.37 ± 16.55 b
2012 143.11 ± 5.01 c 352.89 ± 18.01 a
2013 75.86 ± 3.02 d 216.28 ± 13.28 c
Means followed by the same alphabetic letter of same character and for the same factor are not significantly (P> 0.05) different according to Student Newman-Keuls test.
Table 6: Estimated cashew nut production (mean ± standard error) in kg/ha (from 2003 to 2013) regarding the geographic area and the years.