Educare Bharatha

Main key points A new method for producing dragon fruit powder Dragon fruit is in high demand for its immune boosting properties. However, there is no good marketing system. Farmers who grew dragon fruit should not complain that they did not get the price. If there is no price when the crop arrives, it can be powdered and stored. Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) has developed a new technology for this. There is a high demand for dragon fruit, which has the properties of keeping heart disease, cancer and other diseases under control and increasing immunity in the body. However, there is no good marketing system. Thus, the farmers who grew the fruit were in trouble with losses due to lack of price. In order to avoid this and support farmers adopting large-scale farming, IIHR has developed a technology that facilitates the storage of dragon fruit in powder form, and farmers and entrepreneurs can obtain licenses for this technology. The Indian Institute of Horticultural Re...