ALL FOR ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT, SWAYAMPURNA GOEM: It was a jam-packed and multi-faceted Cashew Fest 2023 with much jostling for space to sit at the table arrangements for a cashew bites to be washed down with cashew apple “niro,” urrack and feni cocktails. Premium cashews were on sale and self-help groups offered coir products, kitchen towels, pottery, incense sticks and a host of other things for quick sales. There was plenty to see and imbibe about the cashew business in Goa with live exhibits and models of how the cashew apple is processed and distilled into urrack and feni…many cashew farmers attended up for the knowledge and technical sessions to learn from experts more about Goa’s cashew plantations and how to make them heal and thrive anew!