Mangoes to reach market on 20th: Official

RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: Mango production would start reaching market from May 20, an official of Agriculture department told Business Recorder here on Thursday.

Sindh is known for its popular varieties of mango. The mango season in the province will continue till June 20, 2012

Tandoallahyar, Badin, Tando Mohammad Khan, Umerkot, Naushehroferoze, Sanghar, Mirpurkhas, Matiyari, Khairpur Mir and Sukkur districts are known for quality mango production.

Sources said that mango had been cultivated on more than 59,500 hectares land in the province this year.  Last year (2011) mango production was 3,81,269 metric tons.

An official of Agriculture department said that they expect bumper production of mango this year will start reaching market from May 20.