Gujarat govt's kesar mango festival begins in Vastrapur today
Kesar Mango Festival 2025
– will be inaugurated at
Ahmedabad Haat
in Vastrapur on Wednesday.
Mango growers
will sell
chemical-free mangoes
directly to customers from 85 stalls during the festival, which will last until June 13, the govt said on Tuesday.Agriculture minister Raghavji Patel, MoS agriculture Bachu Khabad, and additional chief secretary (agriculture) Anju Sharma will inaugurate the festival.Approximately 85 stalls at the Kesar Mango Festival 2025 have been allocated free of charge to farmer groups, natural farming FPOs, and individual mango producers.
This festival will not only be a point of purchase but also a medium for direct communication and trust between urban consumers and rural producers, an official statement said.Visitors to the festival can purchase fresh, carbide-free mangoes directly from the farmers. Mangoes from Talala-Gir, Junagadh, Amreli, Kutch, Valsad, and Navsari will be available.The festival was first organised in 2007 and has since become a regular feature every summer. The statement said that Ahmedabad residents purchased more than 2.7 lakh kg of mangoes in just one month in the 2023 Kesar Mango Festival.
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