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CHAPAINAWABGANJ, May 21, 2025 (BSS) - Mangoes from Chapainawabganj, a major 
mango-producing region of the country, will soon be arriving in markets as 
the mango farmers and traders are preparing to sell and buy the delicious 
fruit.

Chapainawabganj is popular as the district of the country's mango capital. 
Mangoes of various varieties have started to ripen. Extensive care is being 
taken in the mango orchards of the district during the season.

Already, two or three types of small-sized mangoes have started coming to the 
market. 

However, farmers and traders said that ripe mangoes will hit the market in 
the last week of this month. 

This time too, the administration has not fixed the mango calendar. The 
administration has made it clear that marketing unripe mangoes will be 
strictly suppressed. 

Ripon Ahmed, a mango farmer of Chakkarti union in Shibganj upazila of the 
district, said the mangoes will start ripening in a week. Some varieties of 
mangoes, including Gopalbhog, will ripen in the last week of May. Some more 
varieties of mangoes will come to the market in the second week of June.

Kamal, a mango farmer from Nachol upazila, said that due to less rain this 
year, irrigation costs have increased. Due to adverse weather conditions, 
more pesticides have to be applied, so if the price of mangoes decreases or 
if the weather is unfavorable, there will be losses. 

Meanwhile, gardeners are preparing to harvest mangoes in the district. There 
is a lot of activity going on in the district around the mango season. The 
market authorities are also making their advance preparations. Traders from 
different districts have already started contacting the traders in Kansat, 
the country's largest mango market. 

Meanwhile, district agricultural marketing officers and traders see the 
possibility of a mango trade of about Taka 2,000 crore this season in the 
district. 

According to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), 37,504 hectares 
of land have been brought under mango cultivation in the district this year 
with the production target of 10.3 tonnes of mangoes per hectare of land.

Deputy Director of the DAE Dr. Md. Yasin Ali said the garden owners are 
expecting to produce about four lakh metric tons of mangoes in the current 
mango season. 

These mangoes will be sold at an average price of Taka 50 per kilogram (Kg). 
Based on this calculation, a mango trade of about Taka 200 crore is expected 
this year.