RAJSHAHI, June 20 (BSS): A total of 60 persons, including 30 women, were imparted need-based training on proper processing and preservation of green mangoes fell from stalk before maturity due to various reasons considering their economic value.
The Postharvest Technology Division (PTD) of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) organised the two-day training on "Green Mango Postharvest Handling and Processing" at training room of Bholahat Upazila DAE office.
The programme was organised to train people on diversified use of green mango for developing different value added products side by side with increasing shelf life (of green mango) for longer consumption and generating income and employment opportunity in agro-processing industry.
Chief Scientific Officer of PTD Dr Miaruddin and its Programme Director Dr Golam Ferdous Chowdhury addressed the closing ceremony recently as focal resource persons while Upazila Agriculture Officer Shariful Islam was in the chair.
The speakers mentioned every year huge quantities of green mango drop immaturely due to storm or other natural calamities before harvesting time causing huge financial loss to the growers.
There are scope of processing and preserving the fallen mangoes through adopting modern technologies to recover the financial loss of the growers, they said. Dr Miaruddin said proper handling, processing, packaging, transportation and storage can help loss of substantial amount of immature mangoes every year.
He laid importance on disseminating knowledge on the technologies developed by PTD for processing green mangoes and expanding those at growers' level.
In the two-day training, the participants were given practical ideas and knowledge on preparing processed products like mango juice, mango bar, pickles, dried mango products, dehydrated and canned mango products.
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