The mango season has officially begun in Rajshahi and farmers started harvesting Guti mangoes on the first day of the Bengali month of Joishtho. Following the district administration’s “Mango Calendar,” limited harvesting began Friday morning in several orchards of Paba upazila.
Although most mangoes are not yet fully ripe, local markets have already started selling Guti mangoes at prices ranging from Tk 800 to Tk 1,200 per maund. Farmers and traders expect full-scale harvesting to begin within the next few days.
According to the schedule, popular varieties such as Gopalbhog, Himsagar, Langra, Amrapali, and Fazli will enter the market gradually from late May to mid-June.
This season, mango cultivation has been carried out on 19,063 hectares of land in Rajshahi, with a production target of nearly 244,000 metric tons worth over Tk 780 crore.