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New lighting tech makes passion fruit available all year
SPRING PASSION: The technology has aided the cultivation of the fruit in Kaohsiung, Tainan and Pingtung, complementing harvests in Nantou County
Staff writer, with CNA
Taiwanese will no longer have to wait until summer to buy passion fruit at local markets, thanks to lighting technology developed by a government-run agricultural technology research facility in southern Taiwan.
Passion fruit farming totals 809 hectares, including 604 hectares in Nantou County, mainly in Puli Township (埔里).
With the harvest lasting from July to September, the sweet seed-filled fruit is only available in markets from July to January the following year, the Council of Agriculture said.
New lighting tech increases availability of passion fruit in Taiwan
03/02/2021 10:09 PM
Photo courtesy of the Kaohsiung District Agricultural Improvement Station
Taipei, March 2 (CNA) In the future, Taiwanese will no longer have to wait until summer to buy passion fruit at local markets, thanks to lighting technology developed by a government-run agricultural technology research facility in southern Taiwan, according to the Cabinet-level Council of Agriculture (COA).
In Taiwan, passion fruit is mostly grown in Puli Township, Nantou County in central Taiwan, with the harvest lasting from July to September. As a result, the sweet seed-filled fruit is only available in markets from July to January the following year, according to the COA.
Three in custody in connection to killing in Tainan
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Police in Tainan yesterday questioned three people in connection with a street brawl that left one man dead.
A man surnamed Wang (王), 31, was on Tuesday stabbed to death after a “drug-fueled sex party” at a motel in the city’s Anping District (安平), allegedly by members of a gang headed by a man surnamed Tseng (曾), police said.
Wang and a friend had booked rooms and female escorts, when one of the escorts informed Tseng of Wang’s visit, as Tseng was looking for him over a financial dispute, they said.
Growing healthy investments
Farmer Chen Hsin-hao in Nantou County’s Puli Township yesterday displays organic strawberries grown in a net house. Chen is inviting tourists to visit the farm, which grows various vegetables and fruits in net houses throughout the year.
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