According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the world mango production is around 60 million tons per year, whereas there are nearly 1,000 varieties of mangoes are cultivated worldwide. There has been a growing demand for mangoes in the world market. Its value added products cause the prices of mangoes go up rapidly. Inspired by the Vistas of Prosperity manifesto of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, it has been proposed to establish export crop villages including mangoes growing villages.
The Sri Lankan government has launched a TJC mango cultivation zones island wide. When referring to Tom EJC or the TJC mango variety, it is now a world famous fruit originated from Sri Lanka as a result of long research and tests conducted by Deshabandu Tom Ellawala and Juwan Carlose a Horticulturist who was a Philippine national working in Sri Lanka under an ADB Agricultural Development Project in the dry zone.
The name Tom EJC or the TJC is a tribute to the Tom Ellawala and Juwan Carlose, who pioneered the superior mango variety now dominating the market.
Source: sundayobserver.lk