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Cost Estimates of Producing Purple Passion Fruit in South Florida

, , Fredy Ballen, Joshua Anderson, Jonathan Crane, andNicholas Haley


Release Date: 3/15/2023

Reviewed At: 2/5/2023

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fe1129-2023

Agriculture

Abstract

This publication examines the estimated costs and returns of an established purple passionfruit orchard in south Florida. The information presented in this publication was collected through field interviews with growers and industry specialists. It is based on a variety of production practices on small scale farms (1-2 acres). The information is intended only as a guide to estimate the financial requirements of running an established passionfruit planting. We estimated that the average net return of an established passionfruit (purple) plantation in south Florida is approximately $2,562/acre, or $0.92/pound.

About this Publication

This document is FE1129,  a publication of the Food and Resource Economics Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Published March 2023. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Blare, T., Contreras, V., Ballen, F. H., Anderson, J. D., Crane, J. H., & Haley, N. (2023). Cost estimates of producing purple passionfruit in south Florida. EDIS, 2023(2). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe1129-2023

Authors

Trent Blare
Trent Blare

country manager/scientist, International Potato Center, Quito, Ecuador, courtesy professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center

Victor Contreras
Victor Contreras

former visiting research scholar, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

Fredy Ballen
Fredy Ballen
staff
University of Florida

data management analyst II, agricultural economics, Department of Food and Resource Economics, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center

Joshua Anderson
Joshua Anderson
student
University of Florida

graduate research assistant, Horticultural Sciences Department, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

Jonathan Crane
Jonathan Crane
Specialist
University of Florida

professor emeritus, tropical fruit crop specialist, Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

Nicholas Haley
Nicholas Haley
external
University of Florida

former graduate research assistant, Food and Resource Economics Department, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

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