Dubai, UAE – Saudi Arabia has achieved 60 percent self-sufficiency in the production of mangoes in the kingdom, producing more than 88000 tons of mangoes on more than 6880 hectares of land, the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture said.
This comes at a time when the Ministry is working through the Sustainable Rural Development Program “Reef” to increase the production efficiency of the mango crop, achieve food security and raise the rate of its cultivation in accordance with the Ministry’s strategies and plans to achieve the goals of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.
The ministry explained in a series of reports on seasonal crops, that mango fruit is one of the tropical crops with high economic returns in the Kingdom, and is grown in a number of regions such as Jazan, Sabya, Abu Arish, Al-Darb, Samtah, and Bish, Makkah, Al-Qunfudah, Al-Laith, Adham, Al-Baha, Al-Makhwah, Qalwah, the coastal governorates of the Tabuk region, Asir, Najran, Madinah and the Eastern Region.
The ministry added that more than 20 varieties of mango are during the growing season from April to August, which include Tommy Atkins, Kate, Kent, Alphonso, Sukra, Butter, Indian, Jaln, Langra, Joli, Centennial, Fajr Kaland, Fish, Owais, Timor, Naomi, Valencia, Oryx Eyes, Zal, Palmer, Thai, and Prebo.
