The Japanese Miyazaki, one of the most expensive mangoes in the world will be produced in West Bengal. This mango variety is available for thousands of rupees/kg in the global market. It is a type of Irwin mango that is unlike the yellow pelican mango grown in Southeast Asia.
Originally cultivated in Japan’s Miyazaki city, this fruit has found its way to India after the Department of Agriculture took the initiative to commercially cultivate the ‘King of Mango’ in Bengal’s Malda district. The region is known for the Malda Mangoes which are exported across the world reports www.news18.com
West Bengal’s Malda to Grow Japanese Miyazaki as World’s Most Expensive Mango Comes Home (News18)
The government plans to grow a mango orchard in the English Bazar block of Bengal after bringing the Miyazaki mango seedlings from Japan. The costly mango saplings are expected to reach Malda within a week, setting ‘home’ for the exotic fruit variety amongst the multiple others that are renowned worldwide for their unmatched taste and aroma. The Japanese Miyazaki mango will, now, join the list of other hundred mango varieties cultivated in Malda.