President, Mango Growers Association Pakistan (MGAP), Syed Zahid Hussain Gardezi has said there are no international competitors of mango varieties grown in Pakistan, therefore, mango industry should be promoted.
Addressing the officers of Eleventh Mid Career Management Course from National Institute of Management, Government of Pakistan, Karachi, here on Saturday, he said that it was because of a large fragmented constituency of mango and a large number of small and medium growers that Pakistan failed to capitalise on the significance of this exotic fruit, which can become a major foreign exchange earning produce.
Gardezi briefed the officers of the Mid Career Management Course regarding the production, harvesting and marketing of mango and the interventions required for the establishment of a value chain. Gardezi said that a modern state of art mango pulp plant has also been established in Multan at the behest of Mango Growers Association Pakistan and soon Pakistan will be able to mesmerise global connoisseurs with high quality mango pulp.
Director General, National Institute of Management Karachi, Mr Tauqir Ahmad thanked the president MGAP for giving a detailed insight of the mango industry in Pakistan, which has immense potential to transform the economy of the country. He asked the visiting officers to insinuate proposals in line with suggestions of Mango Growers Associations Pakistan to make growers prosperous and alleviate poverty.