Jackfruit isn’t prized in Punjab. It doesn’t have the status of the aromatic basmati rice or the tongue tickling sarson ka saag. Yet two Punjabis, Manmohan Singh and Harvinder Singh, whose families migrated to Malaysia decades ago, are running a successful 30-acre jackfruit farm in Pahang district of Malaysia.
They started their farm in 2012 and named it Barqat, which means ‘blessed’ in Punjabi. In just four years they have become seasoned jackfruit farmers.
When Malaysia’s agriculture department recently held a jackfruit competition in Sarawak, many senior farmers. . .
