BSS, Rajshahi :
Quoting grassroots research findings, speakers in an advocacy workshop observed that time-fitting policy for mango production and its marketing has become an urgent need to resist its post-harvest unexpected wastage estimated to be more than 40 percent.
They also viewed concerted efforts of policy planners, producers, entrepreneurs, traders and other government and non-government organizations is also very important to this end.
Agriculture Sustainable and Socio-Economic Development Organization (ASSEDO) organized the workshop in Nachole Upazila Parishad hall room here on Thursday on the occasion of unveiling of study findings on the issue.
Promoting Food Security and Livelihoods of Marginalized People of Barind Tract (PFLMB) Project and Oxfam jointly supported the event.
Around 50 persons comprising mango producers, entrepreneurs, traders, local service providers and other stakeholders attended the workshop discussing ways and means on how to reduce the post-harvesting wastage.
With Upazila Nirbahi Officer Rashed Washif in the chair, Upazila Chairman Abdul Kader and and Upazila Agriculture Officer Nurul Islam addressed the meeting as chief and special guests respectively.
Youth Development Officer Mijanur Rahman, UP Chairmen Enayet Ullah and Abdul Awal, ASSEDO Executive Director Rabiul Alam, PFLMB Project Manager Mahabub Jaman and Technical Officer (Value Chain development) Moktar Hossain also spoke.
During his presentation of the findings, Mahabub Jaman said mango is the leading seasonal cash crop of the region and dominates the economy in the region.
There are about 30 lakh mango trees of different ages and varieties on some 32,816 hectares with creation of many more new mango orchards and increased mango farming in the homesteads in recent years. So, there is no alternative to protect the farmers and others concerned.
The region started exporting mangoes for the first time to the supermarkets of the United Kingdom creating a huge commercial prospect for growers to get higher prices of their best quality harvest.
Quoting grassroots research findings, speakers in an advocacy workshop observed that time-fitting policy for mango production and its marketing has become an urgent need to resist its post-harvest unexpected wastage estimated to be more than 40 percent.
They also viewed concerted efforts of policy planners, producers, entrepreneurs, traders and other government and non-government organizations is also very important to this end.
Agriculture Sustainable and Socio-Economic Development Organization (ASSEDO) organized the workshop in Nachole Upazila Parishad hall room here on Thursday on the occasion of unveiling of study findings on the issue.
Promoting Food Security and Livelihoods of Marginalized People of Barind Tract (PFLMB) Project and Oxfam jointly supported the event.
Around 50 persons comprising mango producers, entrepreneurs, traders, local service providers and other stakeholders attended the workshop discussing ways and means on how to reduce the post-harvesting wastage.
With Upazila Nirbahi Officer Rashed Washif in the chair, Upazila Chairman Abdul Kader and and Upazila Agriculture Officer Nurul Islam addressed the meeting as chief and special guests respectively.
Youth Development Officer Mijanur Rahman, UP Chairmen Enayet Ullah and Abdul Awal, ASSEDO Executive Director Rabiul Alam, PFLMB Project Manager Mahabub Jaman and Technical Officer (Value Chain development) Moktar Hossain also spoke.
During his presentation of the findings, Mahabub Jaman said mango is the leading seasonal cash crop of the region and dominates the economy in the region.
There are about 30 lakh mango trees of different ages and varieties on some 32,816 hectares with creation of many more new mango orchards and increased mango farming in the homesteads in recent years. So, there is no alternative to protect the farmers and others concerned.
The region started exporting mangoes for the first time to the supermarkets of the United Kingdom creating a huge commercial prospect for growers to get higher prices of their best quality harvest.
