The tasty and fully grown sindhri or chaunsa varieties would be available by May’s end or the first week of June. Dawn/File
HYDERABAD: Mango lovers will have to wait for another 20 days to eat fully nourished mangoes especially sindhri or anwar ratol. The tasty and fully grown sindhri or chaunsa varieties would be available by May’s end or the first week of June considering the hot weather conditions that are essential for the ripening of fruit.
Harvesting of mango varieties like saroli, though prematurely, has started and reached Punjab’s market. However, the harvested produce lacks colour and taste. The produce that reached the market did fetch a better price but rates dropped as more supplies were made by contractors of mango orchards. The arrival of Punjab’s mango crop into the market begins late.
As parts of Pakistan ban water-guzzling paddy, one farmer has a solution
Both India and its western neighbour regularly forbid rice cultivation to conserve water and prevent land degradation. Representational image. | Mohsin Raza / Reuters
The season for sowing paddy is about to kick off in Sindh. But the province in southeast Pakistan has banned rice cultivation in 10 districts on the left bank of the Indus river.
This ban is announced every year at the end of April or early May to limit the waterlogging, salinity and drought-like conditions caused by successive rice farming. By some accounts, rice cultivation has been banned in these areas for over 90 years. Similarly, the Indian government bans paddy cultivation in “dark zones” to help water aquifers.
âFungus will not disrupt mango exportsâ
Despite Sindh orchards being adversely impacted by the mango malformation disease (MMD), growers feel this will not hurt exports and ask the government to focus on increasing efficiency in fruit shipments.
All Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Exporters, Importers and Merchants Association (PFVA) Chairman Waheed Ahmed: âSo far, the mango crop has been fine.â
Pakistan produces 1.7 to 1.8 million tons of mangoes every season and exports 5-7% of the produce, according to Sindh Abadgar Board Senior Vice President Mahmood Nawaz Shah. Last year, mango exports stood at 120,000 tons. Punjab produces 60% of the mangoes while Sindhâs share is around 38%. Some 2% of mangoes are produced by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Dagha appointed FPCCI’s think tank chairman
Business
April 18, 2021
KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has appointed Younus Dagha, a former federal secretary for water and power, commerce and finance as the chairman of its newly-formed policy and research board.
“Dagha is one of Pakistan s most accomplished and celebrated civil servants and commands astounding grip over major aspects of the economy and its important sectors,” the FPCCI said in a statement.
The president of the FPCCI formed a policy & research board comprising of top-level economic, business, trade, and industry experts. FPCCI is the apex representative body of the business, industry, and trade community of Pakistan. On 13 of April, the executive committee of FPCCI approved the proposal unanimously.
Fungus unlikely to disrupt mango exports
Farmers urge govt to focus on increasing export efficiency
KARACHI:
Despite orchards being adversely impacted by the mango malformation disease (MMD) in Sindh, farmers are confident that it will not hurt exports and ask the government to focus on increasing efficiency in fruit shipments.
“So far the mango crop has been fine,” remarked All Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Exporters, Importers and Merchants Association (PFVA) Chairman Waheed Ahmed while talking to The Express Tribune.
Pakistan produces 1.7-1.8 million tons of mangoes every season and exports 5-7% of the produce, according to Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) Senior Vice President Mahmood Nawaz Shah. Last year, mango exports stood at 120,000 tons.