The nationwide lockdown due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has proved to be costly for mango farmers of Andhra Pradesh’s perennially drought-hit Rayalaseema region.
Mango comprises 48 per cent and 27 per cent of Chittoor and Anantapur’s total area under horticulture cultivation. About 80 per cent of the fruit, especially the totapuri variety, goes into making pulp.
However, the lockdown has added to the woes of mango farmers in the
area. For instance, in Chittoor district, farmers have been suffering
for the past two years with a glut in mangoes and the consequent fall in
rates in 2018 and a drastic fall in crop in 2019.
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