Collector Sumit Kumar said eligible growers would be identified through gram sabha resolutions and crop e-KYC, and that the government had fixed a ₹4-a-kg support price for Totapuri mangoes ....
Making the announcement, Collector says Totapuri mangoes are grown primarily for pulp extraction and have limited demand in the fresh fruit market, leaving growers heavily dependent on the processing industry ....
During their interactions, farmers told Union Minister for Agriculture Shivraj Singh Chouhan that sustained fall in prices adversely affected their income and created financial stress among Totapuri mango-producing agriculturists ....
Mango farmers have yet to benefit from the government’s intervention even as the harvesting season has entered its final phase; pulp processing units continue to procure Totapuri mangoes for less than ₹6 per kg ....