Rajshahi, Correspondent :
Pran Agro Limited has set a target to procure more than 60,000 metric tons of mango worth around Taka 100 crore in Rajshahi region during the current harvesting season.
The procurement drive has been started since May 28 last and will continue till the mango supply exists.
Hazrat Ali, General Manager of Pran Agro Limited Factory, told the local journalists while launching the mango procurement and pulping activities in the factory on Monday.He said Pran will purchase the fruit in large quantity from its 16,000 contract farmers especially in Rajshahi, Natore, Chapainawabganj, Naogaon, Dinajpur, Meherpur and Satkhira.
Pran collects mangoes from its contractual farmers, who get necessary assistance from the company, said Md Kamruzzaman, senior manager of the contract farming department at Pran Agro Business Ltd. “We check whether the mangoes are ripe or rotten. The good ones are sent to the laboratory for necessary tests, including formalin and PH. We also check the weight of the collected mangoes. After the laboratory tests, they are sent to the factory for processing,” Ali said.
