date:Jul 06, 2016
ntities from the yards or directly from the farmers and sell them at a higher price to the pulping industries. Karnataka has no pulping industry of its own, the official said.
Karnataka generates 1.1-1.2 million tonnes of mangoes, of which 100,000 tonnes is from Kolar district alone.
Of the 22,000 tonnes of Totapuri mangoes produced, 14,000 tonnes is from Srinivasapur. Around 48,000 hectares of land in Kolar is under mango cultivation, of which 22,000 hectares is in Srinivasapur.
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