2010 Cost Estimates of Establishing and Producing Pitaya (Dragon Fruit) in South Florida
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FE888

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Evans, Edward A., Jordan Huntley, Jonathan Crane, y Allen F. Wysocki. 2011. «2010 Cost Estimates of Establishing and Producing Pitaya (Dragon Fruit) in South Florida: FE888/FE888, 12/2010». EDIS 2011 (1). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe888-2010.

Resumen

FE888, a 7-page fact sheet by Edward A. Evans, Jordan Huntley, Jonathan Crane, and Allen F. Wysocki, provides needed information on the costs and returns associated with establishing and operating a five-acre pitaya orchard in South Florida, and assesses the prices and yields that must be obtained to make the establishment and production of a pitaya orchard a profitable venture. Published by the UF Department of Food and Resource Economics, December 2010.

 

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe888-2010
PDF-2010 (English)

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