Gujarat: BJP MP pushes for GI tag for Valsadi Hafus mangoes, writes to Piyush Goyal

First-time BJP MP from Valsad, Dhaval Patel, has urged Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, to grant a geographical indication (GI) tag for ‘Valsadi Hafus’, a variety of mangoes, under the ‘One District One Product’ initiative.This comes …

From Varanasi to Goa: 9 GI-Tagged Mangoes You Must Try This Summer

Mango season doesn’t announce itself — it drifts in with the scent of cut fruit, school holidays, and stories passed down in orchards. A slice of summer that takes us back to sticky fingers, backyard trees, and the thrill of spotting the first golden blush …

This man, 81, shared a wall with Nkrumah and plucked mangoes from his backyard

NAFDAC seizes truckloads of unsafe mangoes in Gombe

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has intercepted truckloads of mangoes artificially ripened with calcium carbide, a practice that poses serious health risks to consumers . Gombe State Coordinator, James Agada, while …

Raw mangoes prices go up as Ugadi round the corner

Mangoes for sale at a shop in J.C. Nagar on Thursday. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN With Ugadi on Sunday, the spotlight is on mavinakayi (raw mangoes), a staple ingredient in many traditional delicacies like mavinakayi chitranna and Ugadi pachadi. However …

NAFDAC seizes truckloads of carbide-ripened mangoes in Gombe

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has intercepted truckloads of mangoes artificially ripened with calcium carbide, a practice that poses serious health risks to consumers, PUNCH online reports. The Gombe State Coordinator …

APEDA workshop on post-harvest technology for mangoes in Krishnagiri

A workshop on mango processing conducted in Krishnagiri on Thursday. | Photo Credit: N. BASHKARAN Agricultural and Processed Food Export Development Authority (APEDA) organised a training-cum-workshop on mango pulp and mango processing in Krishnagiri on …

Mangoes to pinch consumers this Gudi Padwa amid supply shortages

Hapus (Alphonso) mangoes from Devgad, as well as those from Karnataka, are going to be costlier than usual as growers report a lean season that has seen supplies drying up. While the wholesale prices are around Rs 1,100-1,200 per dozen at Pune’s Marketyard …

Why eating mangoes every day could help keep diabetes away

(Photo by Pixabay via Pexels) By Talker By Stephen Beech Eating mangoes every day helps protect people from diabetes, according to new research. The "potential game-changer" suggests that eating fresh mango daily reduces insulin resistance in …

"Mangoes dominate the Hainan business gift market"

In March, both the output and quality of Guifei mangoes produced in Hainan, China, gradually stabilized, and prices have returned to normal levels, slightly higher than during the same period in previous years. "The super typhoon in September last …