Statesman News Service
MALDA, 23 MARCH: The Agriculture and Process Food Products Export Development Authority and the state horticulture department would jointly export Malda mango this year.
The APEDA officials have targeted to export mango from Malda to Japan, the United Kingdom and Middle East.
In addition, the joint director of horticulture department Mr Udayan Chakraborty has initiated dialogue with the Andaman and Nicobar administration aiming to ship mango to those parts.
According to the district horticulture development officer in Malda , Mr Goutam Roy, APEDA officials have held a meeting with some selected mango growers in Malda district and have encouraged them up to cultivate quality mango for export. The APEDA would now contact exporters and urge them to promote Malda mango in the foreign countries.
The APEDA and state horticulture officials would hold a meeting with the farmers and selected exporters in Malda in the month of May. The exporters would also visit mango orchards in Malda to select the variety of mangoes they would like to deal in, said the district horticulture development officer.
A team of mango growers from Malda would visit Andaman and Nocobar tentatively on 18 April under the guidance of the state horticulture department. They would interact with the Bengali community in the islands and also with mango traders. Primarily the state horticulture department has planned to ferry a variety of mangoes form Malda by ship to the Andamans.
Horticulture department officials in Malda expect that the district would be able to produce more than 3 lakh metric ton mango this year.
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