Antu Pallippadan’s jackfruit farm is a sight to behold. It has 400 jackfruit plants standing in close proximity on just one acre. Typically, jackfruit plants begin to provide fruit only from the third or fourth year and yields stabilise from the fifth or sixth year. Pallippadan’s wondrous plants are only two years old, yet they yield eight to 15 fruits each.
Pallippadan’s plantation, Paduva Jackfruit Farm, is in Edakunnu, 40 km from Ernakulam in Kerala. A high-density jackfruit plantation like this one is unusual. The only place in India which has jackfruit. . .