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MANGO-NANIARCHAR-EXPORT
Naniarchar witnesses bumper mango production with export
DHAKA, June 27, 2020 (BSS) – Naniarchar upazila under hill tracts
district of Rangamati this year witnessed a bumper production of
seasonal delicious fruit mango with exports in Italy and the UK
because of the government’s time-befitting steps amidst the crisis of
coronavirus outbreak.
“Around 2,600 kilogram of mango varieties– Langra, Himsagar and
Amrupali– have already been exported from Bagachhari under Naniarchar
upazila to Italy and 400 kilogram to the UK due to time-befitting
measures,” said a press release of Agriculture Ministry.
It said another export order has been extended for 8,500 kilogram of
mangoes while efforts are in progress to export mangoes in China.
Expectantly around 70-80 tonnes of export-quality mangoes could be
provided for exports from this upazila, it added.
With the cooperation of Department of Agricultural Extension’s
under-implementation project titled “Development of nutrition with
yearlong production of fruits”, cultivation of verities of mangoes
including Langra, Himsagar, Amrupali and Mallika are increasing in
that upazila day by day.
Earlier, farmers in that upazila were losing interest in mango
cultivation as they were counting loss due to infestation of insects,
lower production and lack of nurturing.
Project director Md Mehedi Hasan said under the direct supervision
of the local horticulture center, mango growers of the upazila were
imparted training and extended cooperation in nurturing mango gardens,
using of fertilizers and insecticide. As a result, massive changes
took place at mango gardens with increasing of export-quality mangoes,
he said.
To motivate the farmers, mangoes are being transported by own
trucks of the project in the area, Hasan said, adding that such
activities will be continued to enhance the country’s export earnings
through the project under the direct supervision of the Agriculture
Ministry.
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