Meet Om Prakash Singh and Farooq Inamdar: Indian farmers growing the world's most expensive mango worth Rs 1.5 lakh per kg in India and Rs 2.7 lakh per kg in Japan

One has to change with time, as each season in life brings in new necessities, hard work and results. A farmer cannot keep growing the same crop in his field his entire life. He too, like a businessman, has to analyse the market, the season and his inventory to keep inventing new and higher sources of income.In the summer season, when the entire country is splurging on mangoes of all kinds and prices, what's better than to sow the seeds of the 'king of fruits'. A farmer from Ayodhya understood the demand and ventured into the market. Today, he is growing about 90 global varieties on his land.Om Prakash Singh has achieved the feat of successfully growing the Miyazaki mangoes, often regarded as the world's most expensive mangoes, in his home orchard. Singh, a resident of Ashrafpur Tonia village, has been able to grow the exotic variety and bring attention to the region's potential in fruit farming.While the tree currently bears only eight to ten fruits, the farmer is optimistic that the production will increase over the next few years. Among the most valuable is the Miyazaki mango, which can reportedly fetch up to Rs 1.5 lakh per kg in India and Rs 2.7 lakh per kg in Japan. Each Miyazaki mango weighs approximately 250g. Moreover, unlike most mangoes that turn yellow or green on ripening, the Miyazaki variety develops a distinct deep red and purple hue at maturity.While the variety originates from Japan, Singh's feat has now opened up its future in Ayodhya as well.In 2025, farmer and former politician Farooq Inamdar from Pune also made headlines for growing some rare mango varieties on just half an acre of land. Out of the 120 mango trees on his farm, 90 belong to international varieties while 30 are indigenous Indian species. Inamdar was first inspired by exotic mangoes during a pilgrimage to Hajj, where he encountered numerous varieties from across the globe. Inspired by the same, he imported saplings from different countries and began cultivating them. Today, his orchard boasts of numerous varieties including Red African, Red Taiwan, Arunika, Banana Mango, Australia's A2 R2, and Bangladesh's Katomoni and Shahjahan, alongside the coveted Miyazaki.Both Singh and Inamdar are leading India's success in exotic fruit farming, highlighting that farmers can venture out of traditional farming products into newer and more profitable ones as well.