Chapainawabganj Correspondent :
A workshop was held at the conference room of Bholahat Mango Foundation on ‘methods of increasing production of exportable mangoes, post harvest management and prospect of the mangoes and mango-products for export’ on Wednesday.
It was arranged by Bangladesh Mango Producer Merchants Association in association with Agro-product Business Promotion Council. It was held with the president of Bangladesh Mango Producer Merchants Association Monirul Islam in the chair while upazila nirbahi officer of Bholahat Kazi Ziaul Baset attended the workshop as chief guest.
Three keynote papers were presented by senior scientific officers of Regional Horticulture Research Station Dr. Jamir Uddin, Dr. Sorof Uddin and Mosharraf Hossain.
Among others, Bholahat upazila vice chairman Lokman Ali, general secretary of Bholahat Mango Foundation Mozammel Hoque Chutu and assistant executive officer of Agro-product Business Promotion Council Anisur Rahman spoke on the occasion.
The speakers said, about 9 lakh metric tons of mangoes is produced in the country every year but these mangoes are not worthy for exporting to abroad.
They added that many varieties of mangoes are being produced in the country on commercial basis and these are being used in the country. The most delicious varieties of mangoes are Langra, Khirshapat, Gopalbhog, Himsagar, Ranipachanda and BARI AM-3 and 4 and we can send them to the Bangladeshi expatriates in different countries. But due to faulty system of production, harvesting, storing, packeting and marketing these mangoes lose their quality.
They further added that growers of mangoes are using excess chemicals on mangoes causing a great threat to human health as well as mango trees. Meanwhile, a great number of mango trees have dried up for this.
Owners of mango orchards, mango dealers, mango growers and sub-assistant agriculture officers of Bholahat upazila participated in the workshop.
