India: Dharwad to lose its ‘Alphonso Capital of Karnataka’ tag as mango farmers look for alternatives
Fresh Mango
India
Published Apr 26, 2022
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Every year, the 'King of Fruits' would arrive in the market around the second week of April, but there will be a 45- to 50-day delay this year. The area planted with Alphonso mangos has decreased from 25,000 hectares in 2017 to 8,890 hectares this year, implying that Dharwad may soon lose its status as the "Alphonso capital of Karnataka."
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The area planted with Alphonso mangos has decreased from 25,000 hectares in 2017 to 8,890 hectares this year, implying that Dharwad may soon lose its status as the "Alphonso capital of Karnataka." The Alphonso variety accounts for nearly all mangoes grown in the Dharwad area (locally called Hapus or Ampus). Surprisingly, mango is Dharwad's flagship produce under the Prime Minister's Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises' 'One District, One Product' scheme (PMFME). In 2017, the area under cultivation began to drop. Mango growers have been forced to look for alternatives due to a sharp drop in yield (some years the yield plummeted by 80%), harsh weather events, and shifting market prices, and as a result, guava, areca nut, cashew nut, and banana cultivation is growing up in what were formerly mango orchards. The processing industry does not prefer this table fruit known as the "king of mangoes." Two years ago, the district received a yield of 1.37 lakh tonnes. The ...
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