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Form federation to deal with all issues, say mango growers

Staff Reporter

Focus on quarantine issues, ways to meet market requirements

Coimbatore: An apex body called the `Tamil Nadu Mango Growers Federation' should be formed to deal with all issues regarding mango production.

This was one of the decisions taken by a group of mango growers from various districts, at a one-day workshop organised by the faculty of horticulture at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) recently.

Exchange ideas

Inaugurating the proceedings, E. Vadivelu, Dean (Horticulture), TNAU, said that all those in the mango supply chain ought to exchange ideas so that they could understand one another's problems and come up with effective action plans.

Discussions focused on quarantine issues and ways to meet the requirements of the domestic and export markets.

Processors, exporters, traders, super market managers, retailers and farmers offered their viewpoints.

Officials from commercial banks and crop insurance companies participated.

Prof. Vadivel moderated the sessions on production and post harvest, while Prof. N. Raveendran, Director, Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development Studies (CARDS) coordinated the sessions on marketing.

T. N. Balamohan, Professor and Head (Fruit crops) and S. Gnanasambandam, Assistant Director, Plant Quarantine Centre, Chennai, made presentations.

University scientists drew up an action plan.

A release said that mango, known as the "King of Tropical Fruit" was plentifully available during the hot season, for India produced more than half the total number of mangoes in the world.

However, exporters from Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa and Israel dominated the international market.

Though there were over 1,000 varieties of mango, Indian exports were "very meagre" compared to that of other countries, owing to "very fragile linkages among stakeholders" in the mango supply chain.

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