AP panel backs Totapuri orchard revival and 20% pulp blending after price crash
Scientists have proposed rejuvenating ageing Totapuri mango orchards, expanding processing and storage, and mandating 20% mango-pulp blending in juice and nectar. The moves follow a plunge in processing-mango prices to ₹4–6 per kg from ₹18–20 per kg.
Government measures target Totapuri mango price stabilisation, pulp processing and storage, while dairy-cooperative expansion boosts milk procurement, logistics and processing. Exporters of Alphonso mangoes face climate and West Asia freight disruptions; e-NAM mandi integration continues.
Why this matters
The panel's intervention extends India's policy-led demand shaping, following the decision to retain E20 despite mileage concerns. It also lands amid retail signals showing single-brand FDI fell 63% in FY26.
Retail-company signals are accelerating, up +964600% QoQ.
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