“King of Fruits”, mango is one of the most popular and best-loved fruits worldwide. Hundreds of varieties of mangoes are known to exist in Pakistan.
The most popular commercial varieties – all different in colors and sizes, and each with a distinct flavor and taste – include Anwar Retol, Dasehri, Langra, Chaunsa, Sindhri, Saharni, Alphonso, Pairi, Fazli and Neelam.
The king of fruits is grown in Punjab and Sindh provinces of Pakistan, are available in abundance from May to September.
Being the third largest producer Pakistan produces 5.86 percent of World’s mangoes, and total production as 890,000 and 766,000 tons respectively, out of the World’s total production of 16,222,934 tons.
In South-Asia mango selection was based on the eating quality and high sugar content. The profitability of best quality mangoes selected on this criteria is very low as compared to less acceptable ones even today. In terms of net returns per acre, Pakistan’s best mango Chaunsa Summer Behisht, fetches half as much as Langra, one of the lower quality fruits in the Hyderabad Sindh area.
To improve the quality and production Pakistan Horticulture Development and Export Company introduces mango training programmes to improve the supply chain, and help increase exports of the product . A qualified team of experts will be conducting training sessions at various sites around the province of Pakistan, while similar programmes will move to the mango growing areas of Multan, Muzaffargarh and Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab. Government also tryong to engage and encourage private parties, who have demonstrated capability to introduce’ new fruit crops, to carry-out disposal. If we do not admit this warning we will see death of our mango industry.
