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Karnataka, which has produced astir 15 lakh tonnes of mangoes successful caller years, is staring astatine a driblet of 5 lakh tonnes this year, bringing the full down to 10 lakh tonnes, according to the Horticulture Department. This has resulted successful large losses for farmers, with cardinal mango-growing regions specified arsenic Kolar, Ramanagara, Chickballapur and surrounding areas being the worst affected.
Meanwhile, officials of the Horticulture Department and Karnataka State Mango Development and Marketing Corporation Managing Director T.R. Vedamurthy attributed the debased output of the seasonal effect to clime alteration and its impact.
Mr. Vedamurthy said: “Mango is cultivated connected astir 1.45 lakh hectares successful Karnataka. The output has been debased this play owed to utmost upwind conditions. A hold successful the flowering process led to mangoes being harvested astatine antithetic stages crossed regions. In regions surrounding Kolar, Bengaluru South and Chickballapur, harvesting, which usually begins successful aboriginal May, is inactive nether way. This has led to a hold successful organising the mango mela astatine Lalbagh, which volition present beryllium held from June 4 alternatively of May.”
As per a survey by the Karnataka State Mango Development Board, a prolonged acold question prevailed successful respective mango-growing regions during the flowering period. Night temperatures remained beneath 10°C for an extended period, adversely affecting angiosperm development. As a result, the proportionality of hermaphrodite flowers declined significantly, starring to mediocre effect acceptable of little than 20%.
Emphasising however farmers successful Kolar person incurred immense losses this twelvemonth owed to highly precocious temperatures arsenic good arsenic abrupt hailstorms and dense rains, Neelaturu Chinappa Reddy, president of the Karnataka State Mango Growers Welfare Association successful Kolar, said: “High temperatures and debased moisture person affected the prime of mangoes this year. Farmers person incurred losses of implicit 70% successful some output and income. Mangoes are usually juicy and sweet, but that is not the lawsuit this year. Another situation has been the thrips pest, which attacks trees and feeds connected the leaves, flowers and fruits.”
Based connected size and extremity use, mangoes are broadly classified into 2 categories — juice/pulp varieties and array fruits. Most farmers cultivate foodstuff and pulp varieties specified arsenic Thothapuri and Sendura, which connection higher yields per acre compared to array varieties similar Mallika, Dasheri, Malgoba and Amrapali,” helium said.
Mr. Chinnappa further highlighted that mango melas person been adjuvant to farmers arsenic they tin merchantability mangoes straight to customers without immoderate interference of a middleman.
S.V. Hittalamani, noted horticulturist and erstwhile Additional Director (Fruits) of the Karnataka Horticulture Department, said: “Mango is simply a tropical and subtropical harvest that tin beryllium grown successful humid regions specified arsenic the Western Ghats and coastal Karnataka, arsenic good arsenic successful arid regions similar northbound Karnataka. However, cultivation successful Kolar, Chikkaballapur and Ramanagara has ever been risky owed to predominant cyclones from the Bay of Bengal. During the flowering play successful November-December, these regions are often deed by cyclones, starring to pest attacks that harm flowers. This results successful harvest nonaccomplishment and delays successful fruiting.”
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Mango and jackfruit mela connected June 4
The Department of Horticulture and the Karnataka State Mango Development and Marketing Corporation Limited are jointly organising a mango and jackfruit mela astatine the Lalbagh Botanical Gardens successful Bengaluru from June 4 to 30.
The lawsuit volition showcase astir 65 varieties of mangoes and 15 varieties of jackfruit. In addition, astir 18 to 20 varieties of mangoes specified arsenic Badami, Raspuri, Mallika, Sendura, Himam Pasand, Kesar, Sugar Baby, Dasheri, Baneshan, Mulgoa, Kalapahad, Himayat, Totapuri, Ratnagiri Alphonso, Neelum, Amrapali and different section varieties, arsenic good arsenic 7 varieties of jackfruit specified arsenic Rudrakshi, Shivaratri, Ekadasha, Tubagere, Lalbagh Madhura, Surya and Chandra are disposable for sale.
A full of 168 stalls for mango growers and 17 stalls for jackfruit growers person been allocated astatine the mela.
During the mango mela organised successful Cubbon Park from May 8 to May 17, farmers sold astir 55 to 57 tonnes of mangoes.
