Statesman News Service
MALDA, May 12: A team of 12 people have been selected from Malda district to take part in the Inter State Agriculture and Horticulture Fair (Sangam), 2009 at Pragati Maidan in Delhi this month.
The fair, organised by the National Horticulture Board (NHB), will take place from 22 to 24 May. A few months ago, officials of the NHB came to Malda and selected 12 people related to the mango business. The district horticulture department is now training them for paticipating in the fair.
The National Horticulture Board will bear travel costs and other expenses for the farmers, who have been selected from Sujapur in Kaliachak and Amrity in English Bazaar. A few entrepreneurs involved in the production of mango and litchi byproducts have also been selected to take part in the fair.
The objective of this fair is to ‘promote and develop taste preference in fruits and vegetables,’ in the domestic market and abroad and to create awareness among farmers and producers through interaction at the fair.
The district mango development officer, Mr SN Khara, said: “Farmers will not be able to present mature mango in the fair because it takes place too early for Malda's mango season. But we have decided that farmers will present Lakshmanbhog and Golapkhas mango at the fair.”
“The farmers will be able to present the local variety of litchi, called guthi. Another popular litchi variety, Bombai, will unfortunately still be immature on 22 May,” he said.
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