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Passion Fruit Farming: Passion fruit is a profitable crop. You can earn good profits by cultivating it. Passion fruit is going to give huge profits at low cost. This fruit contains a lot of vitamins. Once cultivated, it gives profit for 4 years. Know everything…
Passion Fruit Farming: Passion fruit is in great demand in the market. If everything goes well, this expensive fruit will be cultivated in Bastar district also. Research on passion fruit is going on in the Agricultural Research Center of Jagdalpur. Different varieties of passion fruit are being planted here to see whether the weather here is suitable for this fruit or not. Passion fruit is one of the expensive fruits in the market.
According to experts, once planted this fruit gives fruits for three years. Farmers can earn good income by cultivating passion fruit. Its cultivation is very easy. This crop starts giving fruits after 6 months of planting. This fruit is sold for at least Rs 80 to Rs 400 per kg. Vitamin A, Vitamin C, potassium and fiber are found in abundance in this fruit.
Farming will cost so much
Khulay Joshi, agricultural expert of Agricultural Research Center, Jagdalpur, said, research on passion fruit is going on in Jagdalpur Agricultural Research Center. It is also being checked whether the weather of Bastar is suitable for this fruit or not. It also has a lot of nutritional value. It is a high demand crop. It can be successfully cultivated in the hot climate area of Bastar. The vine is planted at a distance of two-three meters. It slowly spreads on the wire and starts bearing fruits in 6 months. After this it gives production continuously for three-four years. If a farmer does farming in the beginning, it can cost him Rs 1 to 1.5 lakh.
This much profit will be made in a year
At the same time, the market price keeps going up and down, but you can earn a profit of about Rs 6-7 lakh per year. In such a land where water does not stagnate, the soil should be pulverized by plowing two-three times by running a rotavator. After this the bed should be made and drip should be applied. The distance from plant to plant should be kept at three meters. When the plant grows, a pole and wire is installed to climb the vine. Cow dung manure should be added to it. Apart from this, nitrogen, phosphorus and potash should also be added.
