# UK-educated Indian youth builds ₹1 crore avocado business using Israeli techniques

Harshit Godha transformed barren land in Bhopal into a ₹1 crore avocado business using Israeli hydroponic methods.

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Harshit Godha, a UK-educated marketing graduate, founded Galil Avo India to address the shortage of high-quality avocado saplings in the Indian market. [^1]

In 2019, Harshit Godha invested ₹50 lakh to transform a 5-acre barren plot in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, into an avocado orchard using advanced Israeli hydroponic techniques. [^2]

The Indo-Israel Avocado Nursery business, established in 2021, now houses over 20,000 plants and supplies around 18,000 avocado plants to farmers across India. [^3]

Harshit Godha spent a month in Israel to learn avocado farming techniques before returning to India to implement them locally. [^4]

Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty promoted avocado for skincare around 2011, causing prices to double overnight and driving a surge in demand. [^5]

Manilal Palliyath states that India imports approximately 15,000 tonnes of avocados every year while domestic production is only about 8,000-9,000 tonnes. [^6]

Sunil Bopaiah, group manager at Cottanad Plantations in Kerala, India, states that avocados were initially planted as shade trees for coffee plantations before becoming a profitable crop. [^7]

Cottanad Plantations harvested between 10 and 15 tonnes of avocados last year and aims to increase production to 40 to 50 tonnes within three to four years. [^8]

## What this stands on

1. Harshit Godha, a UK-educated marketing graduate, founded Galil Avo India to address the shortage of high-quality avocado saplings in the Indian market. (mint, News)
2. In 2019, Harshit Godha invested ₹50 lakh to transform a 5-acre barren plot in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, into an avocado orchard using advanced Israeli hydroponic techniques. (mint, News)
3. The Indo-Israel Avocado Nursery business, established in 2021, now houses over 20,000 plants and supplies around 18,000 avocado plants to farmers across India. (mint, News)
4. Harshit Godha spent a month in Israel to learn avocado farming techniques before returning to India to implement them locally. (mint, News)
5. Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty promoted avocado for skincare around 2011, causing prices to double overnight and driving a surge in demand. (BBC News, News)
6. Manilal Palliyath states that India imports approximately 15,000 tonnes of avocados every year while domestic production is only about 8,000-9,000 tonnes. (BBC News, News)
7. Sunil Bopaiah, group manager at Cottanad Plantations in Kerala, India, states that avocados were initially planted as shade trees for coffee plantations before becoming a profitable crop. (BBC News, News)
8. Cottanad Plantations harvested between 10 and 15 tonnes of avocados last year and aims to increase production to 40 to 50 tonnes within three to four years. (BBC News, News)

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