date:Jun 11, 2021
no major calamities occur till mid-July, the region's mango production is likely to increase by nearly 100,000 tons this year, said Sirajul Islam, additional director of DAE. The drought has helped the mangoes this season, said Dr Alim Uddin, principal scientific officer of the Fruit Research Centre in Rajshahi.
But the region's farmers, who grow around 40 percent of the country's mangoes, are being deprived of fair prices due to the lack of buyers due to the Covid situation. Also, growers are