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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
National

India's prized Alphonso mango crop ruined by weather

DEVGAD: ​In Maharashtra, mango farmer Komal Walke is scrambling to meet orders from India's online grocers after her family's three acres of orchards produced almost no Alphonso mangoes this year. Walke, a 26-year-old horticulturist in the coastal town of Devgad, has been forced to source fruit from larger farms to keep her ‌father's business afloat.

"If ⁠we don't ⁠deliver on our orders, the big clients will not return next year," she said.

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