RAJSHAHI, Feb 18, 2020 (BSS) – As the winter season says goodbye, hundreds
of thousands of mango trees have started flowering in Rajshahi region, famous
for the production of the seasonal delicious mango fruit nationwide.
Huge blooming at mango trees at this stage predicts an excellent
production of the most popular fruit in the region this season, if the
climatic conditions remain favourable till its harvesting period.
Principal Scientific Officer of Fruit Research Station (FRS) Dr Alim Uddin
said the prevailing climate condition is suitable to blossom in mango trees.
He said hundreds of thousands of mango trees have already blossomed and
worn eye-catching looks with huge flowers. Flowering in mango trees began in
the mid January and continues till mid-March, he added.
Around 55 to 60 percent mango trees have already sprouted in
Chapainawabganj while 65 to 70 percent in Rajshahi as the remaining mango
trees are expected to sprout by mid-March in some cases, he continued.
On behalf of the FRS, many of the grassroots mango farmers were imparted
training to yield maximum output side by side with safe production after the
best uses of modern technologies, Dr Alim added.
Additional Director of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Deb
Dulal Dhali said the farmers have been caring and taking measures for makeing
mango farming successful everywhere.
The farmers have been keeping contacts with the agriculture officers at the
field levels to control the possible attacks by hoppers and some other pest
attacks on the mango flowers.
There is around 35 lakh mango trees of different ages on some 23 thousand
hectares of land in the region, said the DAE officials concerned.
The number of growing mango trees has been increasing in the region for the
last couple of years. Mango, the leading seasonal cash crop of the
northwestern region, vitalizes the overall economy of Rajshahi and
Chapainawabganj districts.
After witnessing the present climate condition, both the growers and the
officials are very much optimistic about high yield of the seasonal fruit.
Abul Hossain, a farmer of Mazar Diar village in Paba Upazila, said buds
started appearing in mango trees this season before the end of winter.