Gandhinagar: For the first time, more than two lakh kilograms of Kesar mangoes have been e-irradiated and exported through the Gujarat Agro Radiation Processing Facility Unit, established near Ahmedabad in Bawla said Agriculture Minister Raghavjibhai Patel. The Agriculture Minister further mentioned that the Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation Ltd., owned by the State Agriculture Department, established this radiation processing unit under the National Agricultural Development Scheme with a c...Read More

Surat: Surat Agriculture Market Produce Committee (APMC) will export the pulp of Kesar and Hapus alphonso mangoes to 7 foreign countries this year. Surat APMC board of management has decided to export the pulp of 900 to 1000 tons of Hapus mangoes to countries including UAE, Russia, Korea, Japan, Canada, USA, and Germany at the start of July this year. Surat APMC chairman and MLA Sandip Desai informed that Surat APMC purchased 900 to 1000 tons of Kesar and Hapus mangoes from the farmers of South...Read More

Vastrapur: State Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel and Minister of State for Agriculture Bachubhai Khabad will be inaugurating the 'Kesar Keri Mahotsav 2023', which is scheduled to take place from May 18th to June 17th, 2023, at Vastrapur Hat in Ahmedabad. The Kesar Keri Mahotsav is an annual event organized by the Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation, a state government agency. The farmers who cultivate Kesar mangoes will have the opportunity to directly sell their produce at the event. The...Read More

Junagadh: As many as 400 boxes of Kesar mangoes from Talala in Saurashtra are exported to London in the United Kingdom via air cargo, as the season of Kesar mango this year has begun. Talala market yard chairman informed that it will take two days for the mangoes to reach the storage in London from Ahmedabad via air-cargo. The pre-cooling, grading, and hot water treatment will be given to these mangoes ahead of export. He said, twenty tons of Kesar mangoes are already exported so far thi...Read More

Bavla: For the first time, Gujarat's famous kesar mangoes will be directly exported to the US, following approval by the US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) of the Gujarat agro radiation processing facility in July of last year. Previously, kesar and alphonso mangoes from Gujarat were exported through Maharashtra. The new facility at Bavla near Ahmedabad, developed by Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation Ltd (GAIC), will enable farmers and exp...Read More

Ahmedabad: Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) today in a statement said that 15-day Mango market organized at GMDC ground here witnessed sell of more than 6 lakh kg mango worth Rs. 4.5 crore through around 75,000 visitors. AMC informed that the motive behind this event was to create positive atmosphere in the city in order to normalize the situation and also to help the farmers. AMC statement said: A temporary mango market was, established by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, in association ...Read More

Veraval: It seems that the Kesar mango lovers of Gujarat won't be disappointed this season despite fear perception of not-so-better crop of this juicy fruit in parts of the state due to a few rounds of thunderstorms and non-seasonal rains during flowering and ripening period. While the Kesar mango had made its first arrival in the market yards of Gujarat in the last week of March this year when it was sold in Junagadh yard yet the real flow has started now. On the first day of ...Read More

Junagadh: Even as the electoral fever has gripped Gujarat completely and nominations for the LS poll as well as assembly by-poll begin today, the mango-lovers of this western state also saw the first arrival of famous Kesar Keri (Mango) in Junagadh Marketing Yard and felt delighted. Though the arrival of Kesar in the yard was 11 days later than that of last year (March 17), It was at least third consecutive year that it has arrived earlier than proper beginning of the mango seaso...Read More

Talala: Auction of globally famous Kesar mango will start on 3rd May at Talala based mango market yard. The auction this year is late by 12 days. Last year, auction had started on 22nd April. The season last year had witnessed selling of 10.67 lakh boxes of Kesar mango. A meeting of Kesar mango traders and commission agents was chaired by Chairman of market yard Kiritbhai Patel. A decision was taken to start auction process on 3rd May. It's worth noting that Kesar mango pack house s...Read More

Junagadh: The famous Kesar Keri (mango) today made its first presence in Junagadh marketing yard over a month ahead the proper beginning of the mango season. Secretary of the yard P S Gajera said that in the first lot around 25 boxes of 10 kg each arrived here today. The prices during its first auction today (Rs 1200 to 1500 per box) were much higher than the normal prices of peak season. Notably, last year the first lot had arrived on March 16 but it was onl...Read More