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Covid second wave may hit demand, fear mango growers
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The mango area is seen higher at 2.388 million hectares as compared to the previous year As the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic tightens its grip across the country, mango growers fear it would hurt demand for the fruit as they gear up to harvest their produce.
After facing adverse weather conditions triggered by unseasonal rains during flowering and fruit setting period, which has impacted the production in several regions, growers now face the challenge to market their produce amidst the second wave.
For the varieties that are already harvested, there’s a mixed trend in prices across different regions, depending on the demand-supply and also the ease of marketing the produce.
India’s ‘Mango Man’ Creates Mango Tree That Produces 300 Different Varieties
Haji Kalimullah Khan, aka Mango Man, is a world renowned horticulturist and fruit breeder known for his accomplishments in breeding mangoes, and especially for his crowning achievement, a mango tree that produces 300 different varieties.
When Haji Kalimullah Khan dropped out of school at the age of 15 to make growing and breeding mangoes his life’s work, his family, like most farmers in Malihabad, Northern India, was growing only two varieties of the delicious tropical fruit. But one day, after seeing a rose plant that produced flowers of different colors in a friend’s flower garden, Khan learned about plant crossbreeding, and started wondering if the same principles didn’t apply to fruit trees. This was the beginning of a career that would eventually see him crowned as one of the world’s leading horticulturists and fruit breeders, and earn him the affectionate nickname “Mango Man”.