Join Date: Feb 2011 Why are pistachios so expensive? Ive seen various answers on the interwebs, however they all seem to be from people acting like pseudo-experts who really have no idea what theyre talking about. Guest Join Date: Sep 2002 Id be interested to hear this. Not just pistachios, either, but lots of nuts. Cashews are ridiculously expensive. Reply With Quote #3 Old 10-18-2011, 07:43 AM Mangetout Mangetout is offline Charter Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Kingdom of Butter Posts: 48,770 Yields per unit land area is lower than for comparable crops - about one half to one third that of almonds or peanuts. Probably currently limited by a number of factors, including: The plant is biennial-bearing (so the crop is half what you might expect). Its a desert plant - adapted to arid conditions, and does not well tolerate the sort of intensive watering and feeding that might provoke heavier cropping in other species CAN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES ETC m BE USED TO INCREASE THE CROP YIELD ?so that cost comes down and more people get to buy these kinds of foods good for building good health? AND ANOTHER THING IS WHY R TOMATOES AND ONIONS SO COSTLY THIS SEASON? ONLY POLITICIANS CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION?
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