Mangoes from Rajshahi has been exporting to different European countries for the last couple of years after meeting up the local demands.
This year also, the amount of exportable quality mango is expected to be around 100 tonnes. Of those, at least 50 tonnes are likely to be exported with arrangement of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE).
To achieve the target, around 50,000 mangoes are being fruit bagged after the best uses of modern technologies in the district at present.
Apart from, best qualities mangoes are being produced for exporting to foreign countries.
Last year, export of the fruit bagged mangoes has been reduced to some extent due to various complexities. But, this time the growers and DAE officials are very much hopeful in this regard.
Exporters need to comply 26 conditions in terms of exporting mango, fruit bagging and quarantine test are mandatory in this regard.
14 businessmen exported 25 tonnes mango last year while 30 tonnes in 2017. The success has been achieved by dint of promoting best hygiene practice and other modern technologies in some mango orchards commercially in the district last year for the first time yielding more than 50 tonnes of exportable safe and disease-free mango.
Mango farming in fruit-bagging method has gradually been rising for the last couple of years. If the mango was cultivated through this method there is no need of pesticide use to prevent fruit-fly. As a result, mango remained in poison-free condition.
