India: 60% crop failure expected for mangoes this season
Going by the damage suffered by other fruits, officials said they expect a 25% decline in arrivals of mango this season compared to last year. However, mango growers predicted greater loss of yield.
"We expect 60% crop failure this season. The newly-formed fruit has suffered great damage because of fungal infection," said Challa Ramakrisnha , a cultivator in Nuzvid in Krishna district , which is one of the largest mango producing regions in the country.
Cultivators also said that they would carefully watch the weather over the next week. "If the weather in the next week becomes too sunny, it may damage the tender fruit owing to the excess water content. We hope that it only gets moderately warm," Pasha said.
Unseasonal rains and hailstorms have wreaked havoc across Telangana, uprooting trees, destroying crops worth millions and killing at least 10 people, which many experts say are effects of climate change.
Source: indiatimes.com
