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- Harshit Godha, a Bhopal-based entrepreneur, built a ₹1 crore avocado nursery business after learning Israeli farming techniques during a month-long visit to Israel.
- He invested ₹50 lakh in 2019 to convert 5 acres of barren land in Bhopal into an avocado orchard using hydroponics, and later set up the Indo-Israel Avocado Nursery in 2021, which now houses over 20,000 plants.
- His nursery has supplied around 18,000 saplings of international varieties like Hass and Pinkerton to farmers across India, offering high-quality, disease-resistant plants compared to traditional growing methods.
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- Whether more Indian farmers adopt avocado cultivation using imported saplings and Israeli techniques
- Expansion of avocado farming beyond Gujarat, Assam and Sikkim to other Indian states
- Growth of Godha's nursery and community-building efforts like blogs and YouTube guidance for aspiring farmers
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Harshit Godha
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“Israel grows avocados on approximately 13,000 hectares - a small country with almost no rainfall for eight months of the year. This is precisely why Israeli avocado technology is the most advanced in the world”
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…around 18,000 avocado plants to farmers across India with all of the saplings being international varieties like Hass and Pinkerton. Traditionally, avocado trees were planted among other crops for shade in India. " Israel grows avocados on approximately 13,000 hectares - a small country with almost no rainfall for eight months of the year. This is precisely why Israeli avocado technology is the most advanced in the world ," BBC quoted Godha as saying. Describing the challenges that come with running a commercial orchard, he said, “When you put in a professional orchard, you have to know the techniques of pruning. A tree can grow up to…
“When you put in a professional orchard, you have to know the techniques of pruning. A tree can grow up to 25 feet within six to seven years, and harvesting at 25 feet is next to impossible.”
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…months of the year. This is precisely why Israeli avocado technology is the most advanced in the world," BBC quoted Godha as saying. Describing the challenges that come with running a commercial orchard, he said, “ When you put in a professional orchard, you have to know the techniques of pruning. A tree can grow up to 25 feet within six to seven years, and harvesting at 25 feet is next to impossible. ” According to Godha Israel follows farming methods that are very different from the traditional way of cultivating avocados in India. Besides "aggressive" pruning for a convenient height, a number of factors have to be…
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