Dwarf papaya varieties are often preferred in home gardens because of their manageable size and shorter time to fruiting, usually beginning to bear fruit within 6–12 months after planting. To ...

Prime Rift Valley farmers make a beeline for new fast maturing papaya breed Monday, November 21, 2011 — updated on December 17, 2020 - 4 min read ...

Agricultural scientist at KGVK Nand Lal Kumar said after visiting their farm, progressive farmers from in and around Ranchi had started embracing the new variety of papaya. “The Taiwanese plant is a ...

Other varieties like the Dwarf Calina papaya (red-fleshed) whose fruits can weigh more than 1kg, one can harvest as much as 150 fruits from each plant in a year,’’ the farmer adds.

Farmers are racing to move into the new, fast maturing, disease resistant, dwarf papaya variety called the Red Royale Papaya.The Tapsigei Farmers Union had a two-year painful courtship with papaya ...