significant mango producer in north india,Malda

All know that India is the largest producer and also exporter of mangoes, of different species, in the world but few know about the support and big contribution behind that. There are so many states which produces different species of mangoes and help India to be the best producer of mangoes. But here i want to drag attention of all on the problems of Malda district and its nearby areas. Some facts and figures:-

1.West Bengal, which is among the leading producers of mango in the country, produces 6.72 lakh metric tons of mango every year, almost one-third of which comes from Malda and Murshidabad districts. Some of the popular varities are Langda, Lakshmanbhog, Amrapali.

2.The total area under mango cultivation in Bengal is 70-80,000 hectares, almost 44 per cent of the total area in the state under food crop cultivation. Malda and Murshidabad, the worst affected districts, account for over half of the total mango production in the state. Malda has 26300 hectare under mango cultivation and Murshidabad has 16000 hectares under mango cultivation.

Though it is the largest producer of mangoes,it is facing a lots of problems and ministers & boards are just announcing new budgets and declarations.
The problems are:-
a)Every year 30-40% of total mangoes are being affected due to Aila(MIST.
b)Farmers don't have technical facility to store the product.
c)Most of the varieties are lost.

The conditions may be better if proper and determined steps are taken.Some of them may be:-

1.Emphasis on induct technologies and better marketing & branding of products may reduce the loss of mangoes production.

2.Team of climatologists can help the farmers for better production and storage processes giving proper information of changing climates.

3.There must be Co-operative to help the farmers for selling and promoting their mangoes. It can help them providing facilities like technical support in manufacturing, storing, packaging, and supplying to the buyer parties.

Govt or committee has to take these decisions as it requires a lots of fund and lots of support of laws.