Taking a big bite of juicy mango mart
Eat, plant and sell more.
This is the magic formula for world mango supremacy, according to a Department of Agriculture (DA) roadmap.
The target is to increase mango production to two million metric tons by 2020, increase exports by 15 percent yearly up to 2010 and 10 percent thereafter up to 2020.
The aim is to develop 130,000 hectares of new mango farms by 2010 to increase production throughout the country.
And hopefully increase consumption for every Filipino from 11 kilos to 16 kilos a year.
Mango producers should take advantage of the fact that they can now export fresh mangoes from anywhere in the
To sell more, the DA wants to increase imports to
“We continue to validate the target including suggested revisions to make our mango roadmap truly doable and viable,” said Ramos, citing the Mango Industry Roadmap 2005-2010.
Now may be the best time. Due to adverse climate, mango production in
With 1.96 million hectares in plantations,
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The new mango farms will be concentrated in Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental,
Last year,
According to the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, mango production in the Davao region increased by about 10 percent – from 30,560 tons in 2003 (P548.2 million) to 33,510 tons last year (P633.4 million).
The increase is traced to more areas planted to mango, expanding by 6.7 percent from 8,472 hectares in 2003 to 9,038 hectares last year. – InterNews&Features
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