Announcements, events and the record of what our gatherings have achieved for Wayanad's farmers. Photographs live in the Gallery; how-to articles are in Farming Guides.
Ongoing initiatives and programs open for farmer participation.
WHFPCL is gathering detailed farm data from growers across Wayanad to launch the Exotic Fruit Cluster. Registered farmers will receive nursery saplings (Avocado, Passion Fruit, Dragon Fruit, Rambutan, Mangosteen), technical crop guidance, soil testing, and direct buyback linkages.
Are you interested to join the Exotic Fruit Cluster? Fill out the online registration form now to submit your farm details!
Announcements and events, most recent first.
WHFPCL launches a dedicated online data collection portal for farmers interested in participating in the Exotic Fruit Cluster. Farmers can submit land details, crop preferences, and request seedling/technical support directly online.
Click Here to Fill FormThe newspaper reports on our push to build a value-added avocado market in Kerala — the MoU with the KERA project, the collaboration with CSIR-CFTRI, and the avocado oil, vegetable butter and dried powder now heading for commercial launch.
Read moreTwo days at the Municipal Town Hall, Sulthan Bathery drew around 800 delegates — farmers, FPOs, investors, traders and scientists from IIHR, CFTRI, NIIST, TNAU and KAU.
See all 20 photographsA Memorandum of Understanding between CSIR-CFTRI and WHFPC was signed on stage during the inaugural session, opening a formal research route into avocado processing and value addition for our growers.
Read what it meansAdv. T. Siddique, Hon'ble Minister of Agriculture, launched a range of innovative avocado products including coconut cookies, salt & spice cookies and butter-fruit cake developed on CSIR-CFTRI technology.
Shareholder farmers met at the Sulthan Bathery office to review the year and discuss the ‘Seed to Market’ mission.
See photographsA session on flowering and fruit set in avocado, and the export routes opening up for Wayanad growers. Avocado is only partly self-pollinating, which is why planting material matters so much.
Read the planting guideDr. A.T. Suresh took avocado nutrition to a wider audience at the Central Bureau of Communication's Integrated Communication and Outreach Programme in Wayanad.
A training programme on cocoa cultivation held at the Wilton Hotel, Sulthan Bathery.
The first AvocadoFest, at Ambalavayal. Timed to International Avocado Day, it launched a year-long programme to brand ‘Wayanadan Avocado’ and declare Ambalavayal an Avocado City.
See the 2025 archiveWhat the media are writing about our farmers and their avocados.
We are proud to share that the Wayanad Hills Farmer Producer Company Limited has been spotlighted by The New Indian Express for our efforts to revolutionise the avocado market in Kerala.
Following the success of AvocadoFest 2026, the article highlights our strategic Memorandum of Understanding with the Kerala Climate Resilient Agri-Value Chain Modernisation (KERA) project and our ongoing collaboration with CSIR-CFTRI. To counter the sharp decline in raw avocado prices, WHFPCL is set to commercially launch a range of processed products, including avocado oil, vegetable butter and dried avocado powder.
Once these value-added products are launched on a commercial scale, farmers will be able to earn better returns even from the produce of a single tree.
Sunil Kumar M.R., Chairman, WHFPCL — speaking to The New Indian Express
What the last edition set out to do, and what it delivered.
“Unlocking the Avocado Economy: Roadmap for Sustainable Growth”
Over two days at the Municipal Town Hall in Sulthan Bathery, around 800 delegates — farmers, FPOs and FPCs, academicians, industry professionals, SMEs, traders and scientists from IIHR, CFTRI, NIIST, TNAU and KAU — gathered for the second edition of the AvocadoFest.
The Fest was inaugurated by Adv. T. Siddique, Hon'ble Minister of Agriculture, Government of Kerala, who lit the ceremonial lamp and launched a range of innovative avocado products. Shri I.C. Balakrishnan, MLA for Sulthan Bathery, opened the accompanying agricultural exhibition. The most consequential moment came on the opening morning, when a Memorandum of Understanding between CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore and WHFPC was signed on stage — opening a formal research and technology route for Wayanad's avocado growers into processing and value addition.
Alongside the technical sessions ran an agricultural exhibition, a display of value-added products, an investors' meet, and open interaction between farmers and scientists.
See all 20 photographs in the GalleryDay one was streamed live by Wayanad Vision on Facebook.
Day two was not streamed.
Four things the 2026 edition leaves behind for Wayanad's growers.
A formal agreement between CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore and WHFPC, signed on stage during the inaugural session — a direct line to food-processing research for our farmers.
Innovative avocado products were launched by the chief guest, including avocado coconut cookies, salt & spice cookies and butter-fruit cake developed on CSIR-CFTRI technology.
Investors, exporters and startups — from within India and abroad — met progressive farmers to explore cultivation, processing, cold storage, packaging and export opportunities in exotic fruits.
An agricultural exhibition, a display of value-added products and open sessions where growers put their questions directly to national research institutes.
31 July 2026, 10.15 – 11.30 am, Municipal Town Hall, Sulthan Bathery.
Organising Committee
Hon'ble Minister of Agriculture, Govt. of Kerala — chief guest's address, lamp lighting and launch of innovative avocado products
Hon'ble MLA, Sulthan Bathery — inauguration of the exhibition & remarks
Chairman, WHFPC — chairman's remarks
Hon'ble Municipal Chairman, Sulthan Bathery — guest of honour; facilitation of the MoU between CSIR-CFTRI & WHFPC
Director, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore — remarks by guest of honour
Organising Committee — about the Avocado Fest & Investors Meet
National Chairman, Kisan Service Society; Prof. Yamini Varma; Shri Saju K Surendran (KABCO); Shri Suresh C Thampi (KERA); Smt. Seema B (Principal Agriculture Officer, Wayanad); Shri Suresh A.R (Project Director, ATMA Wayanad)
Organising Committee — vote of thanks
Where the AvocadoFest started.
The inaugural AvocadoFest brought together growers, agricultural officers and researchers for a first public reckoning of what avocado could mean for Wayanad. Exhibition stalls carried fresh fruit and early value-added products; the sessions put farmers directly in front of scientists.
Timed to International Avocado Day on 31 July, it launched a year-long training programme to brand “Wayanadan Avocado” and declare Ambalavayal an Avocado City. It drew wide regional press and television coverage, including reports on the district's oldest avocado tree — over 75 years old. That reception is what made the larger 2026 edition and its Investors Meet possible.
Whether you grow avocados, process them, research them, or are looking at agri-business investment from India or overseas — tell us now and we'll come to you first when the next program opens.
