PRAN to purchase 60,000 metric tons of mangoes

Local agro-based Industry PRAN started mango collection and pulping activities with a purchasing target of 60,000 metric tons this season, reports BSS.
Deputy General Manager of PRAN Agro Limited Factory in Natore Hazrat Ali made the announcement at a view exchange meeting with local journalists at the factory auditorium yesterday, said a press statement.
He said PRAN has started collecting a large amount of mango directly from the company's contract farmers in different areas, especially Rajshahi, Natore, Chapai Nawabganj, Naogaon, Dinajpur and Satkhira.
Senior Manager for Contract Farming Department of PRAN Agro Business Limited M Kamruzzaman revealed PRAN collects mangoes from its 15,000 contractual farmers. The farmers get necessary assistance from the company. The purchase will continue until the supply of mango.
Describing different procedures of mango processing, Ali said: "We receive the mangoes at the factory after testing through quality control. Later, we check whether the mangoes are ripe, lean or rotten. Then, those mangoes are sent to laboratory for necessary tests, including formalin and PH."

PRAN to purchase 60,000 metric tons of mangoes

Local agro-based Industry PRAN started mango collection and pulping activities with a purchasing target of 60,000 metric tons this season, reports BSS. Deputy General Manager of PRAN Agro Limited Factory in Natore Hazrat Ali made the announcement at a view exchange meeting with local journalists at the factory auditorium yesterday, said a press statement. He said PRAN has started collecting a large amount of mango directly from the companys contract farmers in different areas, especially Rajshahi, Natore, Chapai Nawabganj, Naogaon, Dinajpur and Satkhira. Senior Manager for Contract Farming Department of PRAN Agro Business Limited M Kamruzzaman revealed PRAN collects mangoes from its 15,000 contractual farmers. The farmers get necessary assistance from the company. The purchase will continue until the supply of mango. Describing different procedures of mango processing, Ali said: We receive the mangoes at the factory after testing through quality control. Later, we check whether the mangoes are ripe, lean or rotten. Then, those mangoes are sent to laboratory for necessary tests, including formalin and PH.