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Farmer Boosts Custard Apple Yield, Hybrid Cuts Pulp Waste

5/26/2026

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Farmer Ashoka Shivareddy raised his custard apple harvest to 25 tonnes and plans a pulp-processing unit.
IIHR scientists’ hybrid Arka Sahan raised pulp recovery from 30 % to 70 % and remains viable for a week at room temperature.
Shivareddy says extracting pulp and chilling it to –20 °C requires equipment investment and a mindset shift for low-tech, rain-fed farms.

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Farmer Ashoka Shivareddy raised his custard apple harvest to 25 tonnes and plans a pulp-processing unit.
IIHR scientists’ hybrid Arka Sahan raised pulp recovery from 30 % to 70 % and remains viable for a week at room temperature.
Shivareddy says extracting pulp and chilling it to –20 °C requires equipment investment and a mindset shift for low-tech, rain-fed farms.