Egypt: 30% mango price increase in the market after Ismailia crop was damaged

I wrote - Sherine Salah: Hatem al-Najib, deputy head of the vegetables and fruits division at the Cairo Chamber of Commerce, told Masrawy that mango prices rose in the markets by 30% due to the decrease in supply after the damage of the Ismailia crop this year. Al-Najeeb added that the average price of a kilo of mangoes in the wholesale market ranges between 8 and 22 pounds, and reaches the consumer at an average price of between 30 and 35 pounds in the markets so far. The sooty mold spread among the trees of the mango crop in Ismailia governorate this year, which resulted in part of the crop being damaged before harvesting. Sooty mold is a disease caused by the growth of some sandy fungi on the sticky honey substance that some insects leave on mango leaves, such as aphids, mealybugs and scale insects, according to Hussein Abu Saddam, head of the Farmers’ Syndicate. Climate changes during the current year also contributed to the damage to the Ismailia crop, according to what ...