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Nirmal Barman

Published:
2018-04-01 17:39:13 BdST

'Marketing of formalin-free mangoes stressed'


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State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, MP, has called for marketing of formalin-free mangoes for brining back consumers' trust and confidence in the seasonal delicious fruit.

He said there is an enormous scope of producing export-quality mangoes and its marketing, harvesting and preservation through the best uses of modern methods.

The state minister was addressing a seminar styled "Mango Production, Harvesting, Preservation and Export through Good Agriculture Practice" at Bagha Upazila Parishad conference hall in Rajshahi on Saturday as chief guest.

The upazila administration organized the seminar in association with Small and Medium Enterprise Foundation (SME).

Some 35 mango growers, traders and other stakeholders joined the seminar.

Chaired by Upazila Nirbahi Officer Shahin Reza, the meeting was addressed, among others, by SME Consultant Dr Saleh Ahmed, Engineer Md Khalequzzaman and director of Mango Research Centre Dr Halim Reza.

Shahriar Alam mentioned need-based measures were taken to brining all the mango farmers under requisite training for promotion of modern technologies for making the mango harvesting and marketing process safe and hygienic.

He said modern technologies need to be promoted commercially in mango orchards in the region to protect mango from pest attack besides facilitating the farmers to get quality and better yield.

Mango is a leading seasonal cash crop of the country's northwest region and dominates the economy in the two districts famous for the delicious fruit.

He said there are about 30 lakh mango trees of different ages and varieties on some 32,816 hectares in the region.

Dr Halim Reza said the mango production can be done safely and easily by practicing some basic means such as washing hands while farming, not using chemicals, temperature control, using fruit baskets for collection and using clean water for irrigation.

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