A corporate trainer and adventure sports teacher, Jestin took dragon fruit cultivation to get a new high – earning him several lakh Jestin Joseph dragonfruit farmer earns lakhs Vizag agency cannabis ganja dragonfruit cake bun wine rotis success story him16
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The southeastern part of India along the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border is infamous for growing ganja (cannabis). A tribal-dominated belt of Vizag and Visakhapatnam Agency is believed to supply 80% of the country’s ganja, which sees frequent seizures and raids by officials.
The geographic conditions, like soil and cool climate, are said to be responsible for making the belt ideal for growing the contraband. But 42-year-old Jestin Joseph in the region is chasing a different kind of high, by growing exotic fruits like strawberry, dragon fruit, passionfruit and blackberries. Interestingly, he also makes cakes, buns, rotis, pudding and even wine out of dragonfruit.
The corporate trainer turns farmer.
