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Nearly 80% of mango crop ruined by climate change [1]

MUMBAI: Alphonso, the king of mangoes, has fallen victim to climate change. The state government's preliminary estimate is that nearly 80% of the mango crop has been destroyed, said agriculture minister Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil.

"The trees flowered far in excess of everyone's expectations . The devastation has taken us by surprise.

Publication Date: 
06/04/2011
Times Of India (Mumbai) [2]
Tags:
Ratnagiri (D) [3], Maharashtra [4], Mango [5], Horticulture [6], Agriculture [7], Climate Impacts [8], Climate Change [9], Forest Products [10]

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