By Katherine Zavala | Coordinator of Programs
GRAVIS has completed ten horticulture units. These horticulture units are 40 ft. x 30 ft. and each until plants 18 to 20 trees of four different indigenous varieties: Goonda (citrus fruit used for making vegetable curries), pomegranate, lemon and desert plum. The families who now own these horticulture units were selected on the basis that they would be able to provide water to these trees. Some of these trees such as the pomegranate tree yield pomegranate fruits three times a year. Others such as the native citrus tree (goonda) yield a quintal (220 pounds) per year, which can then be sold for 30 cents per pound.
The horticulture unit is a long-term investment since it takes an average of three years for the trees to grow and mature to yield their fruits.
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