Growing Pomegranates in Florida: Establishment Costs and Production Practices
Vol. 2018 No. 1, Food and Resource Economics
Vol. 2018 No. 1

Growing Pomegranates in Florida: Establishment Costs and Production Practices: FE1024, 7/2017

Food and Resource Economics
https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe1024-2018
Published 2018-02-23
Feng Wu
University of Florida
Zhengfei Guan
University of Florida
Gary E. Vallad
University of Florida
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9778-5910
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Wu, Feng, Zhengfei Guan, and Gary E. Vallad. 2018. “Growing Pomegranates in Florida: Establishment Costs and Production Practices: FE1024, 7 2017”. EDIS 2018 (1). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe1024-2018.
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The study described in this 6-page fact sheet written by Feng Wu, Zhengfei Guan, and Gary Vallad and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department provides a description of pomegranate production practices and preliminary cost estimates to inform investment and production decisions when growers look to diversify and grow pomegranate as a niche crop.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1024

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