A Dragon FruitProduction Enterprise has been demonstrated to provide viable source of food,income and employment to growers locally and abroad. It could be an asset tobackyard growers as well as entrepreneurs of medium and large scaleplantations. The marketability of Dragon Fruit in the locality is expected tobe very high because of limited number of commercial producers of the product.
Dragon Fruitfarming is native to tropical countries. It is one of the fastest growing vine,which needs vertical support to grow. It can live upto 20 years with extensivecare, which means selection of rings and poles is important. Dragon Fruit is anagriculture based product. The cultivation technology is as almost same like weuse in cultivating other domestic crops. There is no much difference, just thatdragon fruits are from the cactus family, and they need more water than otherdomestic crops.
There is a lotof demand for Dragon fruit in India. As consumers are getting more and moreaware about this fruit; the demand is increasing steadily. The fact that thisfruit has health benefits as well is also a factor. A very few farmers in theSates of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu havetaken up Dragon Fruit cultivation in India. The total All India area of DragonFruit cultivation maybe less than 100 acres. The awareness and demand for thisfruit is huge in India mainly for its taste, nutritional and medicinalproperties. This fruit is packed with excellent health benefits, has gooddemand in local as well as international market. Hence one can get good returnsin dragon fruit cultivation.