India’s export of Alphonso mangos

This year mango export especially Alphonso mango is facing a serious threat in world market, as reported by Mumbai market source. Alphonso mango export consignment is not fetching market due to huge incidence of fruit rotting.

The reason behind this is stated as an excessive use of agrochemical by the Maharashtra farmers. India’s big mango exporters in Mumbai and worried.

In Maharashtra state nearly 50,000 hectares of land of Konkan is under Alphonso cultivation, producing as much as 30matric tonnes annually. Alphansos are major part of mango export, which was estimated at Rs. 80 crore in 1998-99.

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