Passion fruit was introduced into kenya in the 1920s for commercial juice processing. Passion fruit is commercially cultivated in the north eastern states of manipur, mizoram and nagaland. Many passionfruit growers have other fruit crops or agricultural enterprises. Buyer, in turn, commits to receive the fruits compatible with its needs and that are found in agreement with the quality and identity standards demanded by juice industries. Next you need to sterilize the soil since passion fruits are very sensitive to nematodes and other diseasecausing agents such as fusarium sp. Currently, however, large quantities of passion fruits are eaten fresh locally and are also exported. Apart from being less capitalintensive, passion fruits also fetch a higher price on the market.
Several years back, republic of kenya was among high producers of passion fruits, however overtime production has stagnated. Purple passion fruit growing, from planting to harvest. Passion fruit vines make good container specimens but require maintenance. Pdf on jun 1, 2014, p p joy and others published passionfruit. Follow these steps to get high yields from passion fruits. Altitude passion fruits do well in a wide range of altitudes from 1,200m to 1,800m above sea level east of the rift valley and up to 2,000m above sea level west of the rift valley. The crop requires a welldraining soil rich in organic matter. A step by step guide to growing passion fruit for profits. The passion fruit passiflora edulis, family passifloraceae, is a native of brazil. Kaduru earns millions from passion fruits new vision group. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading passion fruit farming. Passiflora edulis or passion fruit is a vine species of passion flower native to southern brazil through paraguay and northern argentina. The fruit is a pepo, a type of berry, round to oval, either yellow or dark purple at maturity, with a soft to firm, juicy interior.
Organic farming is a crop production method respecting the rules of the nature. It is cultivated commercially in tropical and subtropical areas for its sweet, seedy fruit, commonly called passion fruit. As with most other fruits, you can intercrop passion fruit with vegetables such as leeks, onions, beetroots, spinach, strawberries and any other crop that does not share pest and diseases with the passions. Passion fruit farming is a highly lucrative enterprise in kenya with high and regular income.
Currently, a farm gate price of a sack is selling between 200, 000shillings to 370,000shillings. It has a tough outer rind and juicy, seedfilled center. Seeds are separated from the pulp, washed and dried at room temperature. Passion fruit is a vigorous, shallow rooted, perennial vine that climbs by means of tendrils. The fruit can be eaten fresh or consumed after extracting the pulp and making juice. Passion fruit was introduced to kenya in the 1920s for commercial juice processing. The juice is used in a variety of products and the pulp may be added to different dishes. It maximises the use of onfarm resources and minimises the use of offfarm. Yellow passion fruit does well at altitudes of 0800 m and is used mainly for the fresh fruit.
The course targets people who wish to venture into agribusiness either to supplement their meager earnings or as a fulltime business venture. Passion fruit may be one of the most delicious fruits on the face of the planet. They planned to sell their harvest at a market in mombasa. Passion fruit is native to the tropical regions of southern brazil. Other countries include australia, new zealand, kenya, uganda, rwanda etc. It is also cultivated in some parts of nilgiris and shevroys. Passion fruit is one of kenyas top three export fruits. Fruit characteristics of the three passiflora types under cultivation. When i am asked why i am passionate about agriculture i. The giffen family had just purchased a plot of land in minesing, ontario, to use as a dairy farm. Passion fruit are grown mostly in tropical and subtropical part of the world. For the yellow type, fruits can be harvested when the skin appears deeply golden, while the purple ones can be harvested when skin turns slightly black.
Compared to maize, he says, passion fruit farming is better because it earns good money and also requires less labour. Labour is needed for disease and pest control, fertilising, harvesting and packing over a 10month period. Prickly pear garlic blackberry shallot honeydew melon asparagus watermelon zucchini. Passion farming is a highly lucrative enterprise with high and regular income. Passionfruit growing involves intensive use of labour throughout the year. Freshly harvested passion fruit seeds germinate quickly, but older, dry seeds can take months to germinate if they grow at all. The passion fruit is a vigorous, climbing vine that clings by tendrils to almost any support. The purple passion fruit passiflora edulis, is adapted to the coolest subtropics or to high altitudes in the tropics, while the golden passion fruit p. The crop is adaptable to a wide agroecological zone from low lands to the highlands. When i am asked why i am passionate about agriculture i often find it difficult to explain. Passion fruit farming guide beginners guide to grow.
Passion fruit is the fruit of the passiflora vine, a type of passion flower. Passion fruit are best planted during spring, in freedraining soil, in a sunny spot. Regular pruning will improve production and keep your vines healthy. She mixes plenty of compost with the existing soil because passion fruit are heavy feeders.
Plant the passion fruit at the original depth it was in the pot. The demand for the fruit on both export and domestic market keeps on growing. Apart from the fact that passion fruits, just like any other fruit, has its good and bad seasons, but when properly. Pdf passion fruit cultivation in india researchgate. The demand for the fruit on both local and export market is still unmet. The passion fruit is one of the oldest fruit grown since centuries and this fruit belongs to the family of passifloraceae. Kari sweet yellow passion that withstand critical diseases. Temperature optimum temperature for purple passion fruit is between 18oc to 25oc and 25oc to 30oc for yellow passion fruit. Early this year, a sack of passion fruits skyrocketed to 450,000shillings at a farm gate. Passion fruits, mother block at kari thika agronomists who work as extension officers and we train them on agronomic aspects of sweet yellow passion farming. A step by step guide to growing passion fruits for massive profit kindle edition by makomere, christopher. We have put processes and strategies in place that will help us employ best practices when it comes to fruits farming and juice processing and packaging as required by the regulating bodies in the united states of america. The az of growing passion fruits to harvest 15 tonnes.
What makes them even cooler is that they come in their own little pods that you can take with you on a hike, to work, or just to carry around the house until you feel like eating a snack just make sure you have a. Passion fruit is a popular crop of grown in south america. Both types of passion fruit make excellent juice blends. Passion fruit farming greenlife crop protection africa. Passion fruit cultivation practices, growing methods. Avoid overly hard passion fruit which is underripe. Kyotera farmers resort to growing profitable passion fruits. This way there is rapid collection of intelligence and quick response to issue cropping up on the ground, notes the senior research officer. Kibila explains that the attractive prices have forced them to uproot coffee wiltinfested plants to grow passion fruits.
These sweet raw edible fruits and mostly preferred in homestead juice making more over passion juice can be mixed with other fruits juice such as mango, avocado, pineapple to increase flavour and test and also used in food industries to make drinks and vinegar so their are highly needed in such ways. Kenya and south africa also have a decent production of passion fruit and its area under cultivation is growing rapidly. Passion fruit vines start fruiting after about 10 months. At the national agricultural research institute passion fruit plants are mainly grown from seeds taken from healthy mature fruits selected from plants with good yield record. Passion fruit contract 2 brazil food and agriculture. There are two different forms of passion fruit, the standard yellow and the purple passion fruit, the only main difference is in acidity and starch content. Mar 25, 20 original plants planted february 15th, 2012. Passion fruit, a climbing vine, is a versatile crop whose demand is growing in both export and domestic markets. My experiences on the farm are valuable because i had the opportunity to discover what agriculture was really about firsthand. A sample fruit farm business plan template profitableventure. In most countries passion fruit production is based on caltivars of the golden passion fruit p. Kodaikanal, shevroys, coorg and malabar as well as himachal. It can grow as tall as 20 ft 6 m or 600 cm high and a more realistic. The benefits of passion fruit cultivation farmfolio.
It has a smooth, thick, pithy rind, filled with sweet, aromatic pulp, juice and seeds. A passion for farming thirtyfouryearold eunice jones and her husband started growing passion fruit in 2010, setting aside half an acre of their land to grow a new variety of the fruit. Passion fruit farming is still an unexplored kind of fruit farming in uganda. Passion fruit has a long and colorful history of popularity and extensive cultivation, starting in the late 19th. Name address email address contact kenya fresh produce exporters p. Passion fruit varieties for passion fruit cultivation there are many species of passiflora in the family of passifloraceae, but only one passiflora edulis sims, is commonly known as passion fruit. Refrigerate ripe passion fruit in a plastic or paper bag for up to 2 days. Passion fruit is a perennial plant that allows farmers to enjoy yields for longer periods often exceeding three years depending on management. The crop can easily be grown from seeds, however, use of vines grafted onto yellow passion fruit rootstock is better. Passionfruit growing is well suited to family operated farms. G enerally fruits are smaller than yellow passion fruit.
This is often as a result of its proof against bacterial wilt and woodiness. An acre of maize produces 20 to 30 bags of grain while an acre of 670 vines gives two kilogrammes of passion fruits each vine on a weekly basis, he says. Jim giffen grew up on his parents farm, learning about farming through his father and majoring in agriculture at the university of guelph. The fruit is either yellow or purple depending on the variety, see below, round, and about 58 cm23 inches across. The vines are susceptible to several soil borne dis eases and pests, but the fruit is of good quality with an appealing flavour. The there are two major passion fruit species widely grown in kenya.
A few days before you intend to plant the seed, buy ripe passion fruit from the store. Slightly wrinkled fruits have a sweeter taste than those with smooth skins. Status of passion fruit production in kenya oxfarm. Smoothskinned fruit will ripen at room temperature within 3 to 5 days. Spread the seeds out onto burlap and rub them until the juice sacs burst open. The lucrative business opportunity in passion fruit. Passion fruit collard greens mushroom plantain kumquat orange cherry plum red delicious apple strawberry kale green onion lychee red bell pepper endive lettuce. Passion fruits farming with yad biovitaliser part 1 duration. Jane digs the hole twice as deep and twice as wide as the pot plant. Cultivation of passion fruit passiflora edulis sims. Passion fruit farming has been touted as the next big business venture for subsaharan countries such as kenya. Produced along tropical and subtropical regions around the world, passion fruit has become a highly priced agricultural good in developed markets, which can be sold processed or in its natural form.
In india it is found to be growing wild in many parts of western ghat such as nilgiris, wynad. Passion fruit is grown in north eastern region of india. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Large scale passion fruit farmer in uganda duration. The passion fruit is native to brazil and in india, it is grown in the parts of western ghats coorg, nilgiris, kodaikanal, malabar, wynad and shevroys. Passionfruit vines climb up any support, readily and rapidly, and they climb as high as the support will allow. A step by step guide to growing passion fruits for massive profit. India, too, has its place in passion fruit history. This downloadable course ebook offers step by step lessons that will help you rake in massive income from growing passion fruits and help you escape the rat race. There are several types that vary in size and color.
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