Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, who witnessed the event on Saturday, praised the effort and expressed hope that the festival would inspire innovation and diversification among local farmers.
One farmer in Pune has taken his passion for mangoes to a global scale, cultivating rare and exotic varieties, including the world-famous Miyazaki mango from Japan.
The focus was on planting 13 high-value fruit crops such as almonds, pecan nuts, walnut, kiwis, avocados, dragon fruit, Miyazaki mango, dekopon citrus, Macadamia nut, seedless lime, sour sop, agarwood, and coconut.
A farmer and teacher, Rakshyakar Bhoi, in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, has claimed that he has grown ‘Miyazaki’, world's most expensive variety of mango, in his orchard.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 18 (ANI): A couple in Madhya Pradesh have hired four security guards and six watchdogs to protect what is perhaps their most prized possession - two Miyazaki mango trees.