Farmers focusing on dragon fruits because of increasing popularity

Formerly dragon fruit was not widely cultivated in Malaysia as it was often infected by diseases. But now that it has been recognized that the dragon fruit is becoming more and more popular in Asia, many farmers have started to plant it, as six months of fruit, depending on fertilization, can grow up to 25 to 30 years. According to the current price, the class-grade dragon fruit revenue AA sells for more than MYR6/kg and can generate an average income of about MYR100k/year with just 3 hectares crops.