Our Correspondent:
Mango flowers have been spreading a sweet scent in every corner of Chapainawabganj, and the trees are covered with yellowish blossoms as far as the eye can see.
Mango is known as the king of fruits, and the district is known as the mango capital.
Because of the favourable weather, mango blossoms have been a joy for producers, and they are optimistic about a high production of the luscious fruit this year. Mango farmers say the weather is also good for the fruit.
According to experts and producers, favourable climatic circumstances are anticipated to contribute to a bumper mango output this season in the country’s largest mango-producing district.
Palash Sarkar, deputy director of the Department of Agriculture Extension, said, over 80 percent of mango trees in the orchards and homesteads have already bloomed in the district and the process of flowering continues.
He said there are 28,26,000 mango trees on 37,588 hectares of land in the district. The climatic conditions are still favourable and they expect a bumper mango production in the current season. If this continues, around 4 lakh tonnes of mango will be produced this season.
The area of the mango orchards and the number of trees has increased in the district. Last year, 3.13 lakh tonnes of mango were produced on 37,165 hectares.
Habib Al-Sadi, an orchard owner of Chhatrajitpur in Shibganj upazila said, he has some 220 mango trees in his orchards and the condition of the orchards is better this year. Over 80 percent of mango trees are in full bloom in the current season. It is hardly possible to find any mango tree having no flowers in the groves here, he said.
Munjer Alam, a leaseholder of orchards at Dakshin Sahar in Sadar upazila, said, “I bought 2,800 mango trees for this season with Tk 10 lakh. Over 90 percent of mango trees are in full bloom in my orchards.”
Mango growers and agriculture officials said mangoes are the most important cash crops in the region and the income, and livelihood of people is heavily dependent on the fruit.
A large number of people are engaged in different jobs, from nursing to harvesting and packaging during the mango season every year. The region has a long tradition of producing different varieties of mango, they said.
Chapainawabganj mangoes are key to the country’s agricultural growth, largely benefiting the economy of the district’s rural areas. The mango growers and traders, every year, export thousands of tonnes of the fruit to the capital, Chattogram, Sylhet, Khulna and other districts.

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