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The 10th variation of Koppal Mavu Mela 2026, a mango accumulation and merchantability just organised by the Department of Horticulture, was inaugurated successful Koppal connected May 12 with a absorption connected enabling nonstop selling of prime mangoes from farmers to consumers.
The just is being held successful the premises of the bureau of the Joint Director of Horticulture. It is unfastened till May 22. It has a wide scope of mango varieties, value-added products, and exhibits related to mango cultivation connected display.
Lok Sabha Member from Koppal K. Rajashekar Basavaraj Hitnal, Legislative Council Member Hemalatha Naik, Deputy Commissioner Suresh B. Itnal and Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Varnit Negi visited the fair, inspected the stalls, and appreciated the initiative. The dignitaries tasted mango delicacies and accepted ‘seekarane’ prepared from mango pulp.
Joint Director of Horticulture Krishna C. Ukkund briefed the visitors astir the just and its value for mango growers successful the district.
The just showcases fashionable mango varieties Kesar, Dasheri, Alphonso (Apoos), Benishan, Mallika, Sindhuri, Imam Pasand, Totapuri, Kalmi, Rasapuri and Swarnarekha, too pickle mangoes and processed mango products. More than 200 mango varieties and related products are connected display.
Officials said Koppal territory has emerged arsenic an important mango-growing region, with mango cultivation dispersed crossed much than 6,500 hectares. Kesar mango has gained peculiar popularity among growers and consumers alike.
A large attraction of the just is the show and merchantability of the Japanese Miyazaki mango, considered 1 of the world’s costliest mango varieties. Though the effect reportedly commands prices moving into lakhs of rupees per kilogram internationally, farmers successful Koppal are offering it for astir ₹2,500 to ₹3,000 per kg. Officials said respective customers had already placed beforehand bookings for the premium fruit.
More than 100 farmers registered to enactment successful the just this year, reflecting expanding involvement successful nonstop merchantability to consumers. The section has provided implicit 30 stalls escaped of outgo to farmers, husbandman shaper companies, and territory HOPCOMS units.
The accumulation includes a photograph assemblage tracing the travel of the mango just from 2016 to 2026, marking a decennary of the lawsuit successful Koppal.
Officials said the just was besides being utilized arsenic a level to amended farmers connected technological and earthy ripening methods, integrated cultivation practices, export opportunities and modern mango accumulation technologies. Demonstrations are being held connected the usage of ‘en-ripe’ punch-hole pouches developed by the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bengaluru, for earthy ripening of mangoes.
The section has appealed to the nationalist to sojourn the just and enactment mango growers by purchasing fruits straight from farmers astatine tenable prices.
