Mango growers share common tale; less yield adds to their woes
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By Apoorva U
Mysuru: Mango growers from various parts of the State who have put up stalls at Mango Mela 2022 at Kuppanna Park in the city have common stories to narrate.
The less yield due to untimely rains has hit them hard. But the only solace is the selling price which is quite high compared to previous year, but it is not suffice to make up for the losses.
Farmer Appaya from Doddakatturu in Mysore district has put up the stall with freshly hand picked Raspuri and Badami Mangoes from his field. The price of Raspuri is Rs 70 per kg and Badami Rs 100 per kg.
He is a regular in Mango Mela conducted in different districts for almost 10 to 12 years.
Amid all the travails, the only solace for Appayya is the generation next in the family which has inherited farming as they feel it is there responsibility to take care of their farmland.
Manju and Manjula from VK Dabri, Manakapura, Ramanagara district have varieties of mangoes to offer at their stall like Badam sold for Rs 100, Raspuri Rs 80, Sindura Rs 50, Malgova for Rs 150 and Totapuri Rs 40.
They have one acre of land where they have planted almost 70 Mango trees.
What has increased their confidence level is the Mango Mela held at Hassan last week, where they sold almost three tonnes of Mangoes and they are expecting similar sales in Mysuru also.
Govindaraju, Madhu and Nanda Gowda
from Srirangapatna taluk in Mandya district have put up their stalls with most mouth watering Ratnagiri Alphonso Mangoes. They have over 2000 Alphonso trees in 50 acres of land.
They lost almost 40 tonnes due to the rain.
However Madhu’s son is already pursuing diploma, suffice to say that his priority is education.
Srinivas and Mallikarjuna from Channapatna have put Malgova, Badami and Raspuri stalls. They have sold up to 170 kgs of Mangoes on the opening day of the mela. Even they have suffered losses due to the downpour during flowering season.
Their progenies want to continue both education as well as farming.
Bhagya and Sandeep Kumar from Ramanagar taluk have almost 500 trees put up in three acres of land. They are selling Totapuri, Mallika, Kesar, Badami and Raspuri varieties of mangoes. They also sold almost 100 kgs of Mangoes on the opening day of the mela.
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