AGRICULTURE NEWS - Ongoing drought conditions in the main production regions resulted in a more than 20% decline in South Africa’s 2019/2020 mango harvest.
This was according to South African Mango Growers’ Association’s technical coordinator at the South African Subtropical Growers’ Association (Subtrop), André Botha.
He said the season had just come to an end, and it was estimated that a crop of about 70 000t would be realised due to the effects of the drought. The average crop size during the past five years had been around 84 000t per season.
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