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Mango output falls by two lakh tons

From Our Correspondent
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, May 25: The production of mango in the country has decreased by two lakh tons during the last 10 years.
The production of mango was over three lakh and 36 thousand tons which came down to one lakh 80 thousand tons in 1991. It can be mentioned here that the production of mango tn seventies was about five lakh tons.
While the production of mango is coming down in the country, the demand for mango and Its by-products Is going up with the passage of-tlme.
Experts opined that our country can easily boost mango production and thereby its by products Including Juice, sauce, and arnsatta. The cotin Uy also can earn huge amount of foreign exchange through export of mangoes and its byproducts, they expressed.
In Bangladesh, mango Is cultivated on only 46,000 hectares of land. In seventies, the position of our country was fourth in the production of mango but our position Is now 10th.
India produces 90 lakh tons
India is now holding top position in exporting mango Apart from it, Pakistan. Brazil, Mexico, China. Philippines are ahead of Bangladesh.
Mango also grows In Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Haiti, Tanzania and United Kingdom. The countries are applying higher technologies In mango production. The total mango
production in the world Is one crore and fortytwo lakh tons. Out of the total, India produces only 90 lakh tons.
Various types of mangoes such as lengra, fazli, gopalb hog, khlrsa, sarnarckha, ran gapali, ashtna are exported by India In large quantity. India earns a considerable amount of foreign exchange through ex port.
In Bangladesh, Capalnawa bganj. Rajshahi, Dinajpur, Rangpur and Kushtia produce different kinds of tasteful mango.
In Chapainawabganj. mango grows abundantly on 17,000 acres of land on about
2,50,000 mango trees. About 55,000 tons of mango worth about Taka 85 crore is produced here.
Of the mangoes, fazli, len-gra, gopalbhog, khirsagar. himsagar and ranipachhand are the main.
Demand high in abroad
There is a rising demand of these mangoes in the Middle East and other countries including Thailand. Switzerland, Sweden. South Korea. Japan and Canada.
It is learnt from a dependable source that Japan is willing to import better quantity of mango and its by-products
The only juice plant. Multiple Juice Concentrated Plant set up at a cos,l of Taka 20 crore. at Kalurghal of Chittkgong in order to make paste from mango and other fruits has been closed down.
Prior to the closure of the plant, ft used to make pasle from anaras and tomato.
There was a plan to set up a mango processing factory at Rajshahl but the fate of the proposed • plan is still unknown.
Centre makes little progress
A Mango Research Center was set up at Chapainawabganj at cost of Taka 10 crore In 1984 aiming at Increasing mango production and findout high producing mango quality but this make no progress It is informed that proper research could not be done for-want of appliances.