India wants to join the strawberry superpowers

"If you have a field full of strawberries and sudden heavy rains hit, the entire crop is ruined and we have to bear massive losses."

— Sheetal Danavle , Other

"If the season goes well, you can earn double your investment. But the climate makes it a huge gamble."

— Sheetal Danavle , Other

"We import the certified mother plant from the breeder abroad."

— Nelson Sequeira , Executive

"One single imported mother plant becomes an engine. That single mother plant will shoot out runners to yield an average of 20 daughter plants - with some advanced growers pushing that up to 30 or 40."

— Nelson Sequeira , Executive

"The goal is to fast-track the development of India's first indigenous, climate-resilient strawberry cultivar that matches the large fruit size and firm texture of foreign varieties while natively tolerating Indian heatwaves."

— Dr Darshan Shashank Kadam , Academic