Butter paper makes the crop well but also affects the bag

In Malihabad here, Upendra Kumar Singh, who is loaded into the shade of trees with mangoes, inspected the green fruit wrapped in a clean paper cover. The garden is a quiet confident buzz. If he puts the mangoes safely in the butterpapper bag or fruit bag, he says, “These bags are my ‘armor’.” “Since I started using it, I wasn’t worried about pests or bad weather.” In a year when plagues in Mango orchards across Uttar Pradesh, Leo’s crop looks promising. It is one of the small groups of farmers, who are less than 1% across the state, who uses butter -papier bag to protect their fruit. This method, although effectively, has become especially popular due to the costs. Thousands of farmers in Uttar Pradesh struggle with insect infections and unexpected weather, but lions are calm. Solve them up? Wrap a simple paper bag with 2 rupees around each mango. This method, known as butter -paper bag or ‘kavach’, has become a lifeline for a handful of farmers, but its cost seems to be a major obstacle to many people. According to Uttar Pradesh Horticulture Department, although there are about 3 lakh ordinary producers in the state, only more than 2000 people have adopted butterpapper bags. Singh, who is also the general secretary of the Awadh Common Producer Horticulture Committee, began to use temporary brown paper bags before the appropriate bag was available. Today, they use a particularly designed armor promoted by ICAR-Central-subtinent Horticultural Institute (ICAR-CISH) in Lucknow. General producers across Uttar Pradesh are struggling this season with two destructive plagues, fruit fruit borer and semi-runner, which has severely affected varieties such as Dussehri and Chausa. Mohammad Qamar, another farmer from Malihabad, said: “This year my garden suffered huge losses.” “If the price of a bag is £ 2, it is impossible for small farmers to cover every mango.” In addition to the cost of the bag, it costs 50 to 75 paise to tie each bag by hand. For large gardens, the expenses are increasing quickly. Insram Ali, president of the All India Common Producers Association, said: “I spoke to the Mandi officials and commissioners, and insisted on subsidy.” ‘The results of the bags are very good. But without financial aid it is beyond most people. ‘ Share this story -tags