Bengaluru, June 8 -- Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday visited a dragonfruit farm in Karnataka's Bengaluru Rural as part of the 'Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyaan'.

Highlighting dragonfruit's advantages, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said it does not require chemical fertilisers or manure works. He further emphasised that farmers can profit Rs 6-7 lakh every year after the first year of cultivation of dragonfruit.

"As part of the 'Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyaan', I am here in Bengaluru Rural... This is a dragonfruit farm... An advantage of cultivating dragonfruit is that it does not require chemical fertilisers, and manure works. It is an organic fruit. This fruit of the cactus family is less pro...