FLORES is an arid island ideal for the growing of cashews. Ile Padung is wellknown for the quality of organic cashews it produces and its nuts are much soughtafter on the market.

Organic cashews were introduced to Flores by the East Nusa Tenggara provincial government only in the 1980s as a plant for cultivation on critical land. At first the farmers weren’t interested in growing cashews as a principal crop and source of income. The cashew was