{"id":108827,"date":"2026-05-26T16:14:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/indias-prized-alphonso-mango-crop-ruined-by-weather-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:14:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:14:04","slug":"indias-prized-alphonso-mango-crop-ruined-by-weather-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/indias-prized-alphonso-mango-crop-ruined-by-weather-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s prized Alphonso mango crop ruined by weather | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

India is the world’s largest grower of mangoes and produced 28 million metric tonnes of the fruit in 2024 to 2025<\/p>\n

A migrant worker holds an Alphonso mango from a crate at a shop in Devgad, India, May 15, 2026. REUTERS <\/p>\n

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In India’s western state of Maharashtra, mango farmer Komal Walke is scrambling to meet orders from India’s online grocers \u200cafter her family’s three acres of orchards produced almost no Alphonso mangoes this year.<\/p>\n

Walke, a 26-year-old horticulturist in the coastal town of Devgad, has been forced to source fruit from larger farms to keep her father’s business afloat.<\/p>\n

“If we don’t deliver on our orders, the big clients will not return next year,” she said.<\/p>\n

India is the \u200bworld’s largest grower of mangoes and produced 28 million metric tonnes of the fruit in 2024 to 2025, data from research \u200band rating agency CRISIL showed.<\/p>\n

Maharashtra is renowned for its Alphonso mangoes, but officials say hotter weather has ruined \u2060this year’s crop of the variety known as the “King of Mangoes”.<\/p>\n

A sharp difference in day and nighttime temperatures in December and January hurt flowering \u200band fruit setting, while hotter than usual weather in April and May, probably due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, then spoiled the fruits \u200bthemselves, said Bapusaheb Manikrao Lambade, a government agriculture officer in Devgad, one of Maharashtra’s top Alphonso-growing areas.<\/p>\n

El Nino is a climate pattern that alters global weather and can trigger extreme conditions. A strong El Nino is expected this year and forecast to have an adverse effect on crops<\/a> across Asia, South America and Africa.<\/p>\n

A government-backed survey by \u200bscientists and field officials earlier this year, a copy of which was reviewed by Reuters<\/em>, estimates this year’s crop losses in Devgad at 85% \u200bto 90%. The weather has also caused losses in mango-growing areas elsewhere in the state.<\/p>\n

India’s entire mango crop was worth $2.3 billion last year, according to Indian research \u200cfirm Mordor \u2060Intelligence, which expects the market to grow to $3.4b\u00a0by 2031.<\/p>\n

While much of the fruit stays in India \u2014\u00a0mangoes are popular during the blistering summer heat \u2014\u00a0about $56 million worth of mangoes and $80m\u00a0worth of mango pulp were exported in 2025.<\/p>\n

Reuters spoke to more than a dozen farmers in Maharashtra, as well as traders, businesses, exporters and government officials, who said losses had been severe and production among the lowest in decades.<\/p>\n

War hurts \u200bmango trade<\/strong><\/p>\n

The weather damage has coincided \u200bwith a slump in exports \u2060as a result of the Iran war<\/a>.<\/p>\n

India is one of the world’s largest exporters of mangoes, competing with countries including Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam.<\/p>\n

The United Arab Emirates, the US, the UK, Kuwait, and Qatar are among the biggest \u200bimporters of Indian fresh mangoes.<\/p>\n

Read More: <\/strong>Climate change hits mango farmers<\/a><\/p>\n

Shridhar Pathak, co-founder of mango exporter Shreevali Agro, said freight charges had more than \u200bdoubled, and delays \u2060or cancellations to consignments for the Gulf, including Dubai and Oman, have cut his shipments by nearly 40% this year.<\/p>\n

Mangoes originally earmarked for export have been sent to local markets instead, driving prices down despite the El Nino-linked shortages, he said.<\/p>\n

The disruption has rippled across the supply chain, also hurting businesses linked to \u2060the seasonal \u200bmango trade.<\/p>\n

Sanjay Nare, a 52-year-old manufacturer of mango cartons in Malvan, said he had \u200bunsold inventory of nearly 100,000 boxes in his factory this year. The coastal town is about 50 kilometres from Devgad.<\/p>\n

“The economy in this region is sustained by mangoes and \u200bfishes,” Nare said. “Without our seasonal mangoes [in summer], we have very little else.”\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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