The Minister of Agriculture in Sudan, Dr. al-Taher Ismail Harbi, on Saturday, revealed a number of mango export refrigerators heading to Libya. Addressing the opening of the annual mango festival at the Coral Hotel, Harbi pointed out the tendency of some investors to export mangoes to Gulf countries. “It has been assured to me that we are assuming the role of producer, processor, and exporter of this crop.” The minister expressed his happiness with what the capabilities he observed in in mango production workers. “I was assured that workers in the mango field, including producers and private and governmental institutions, are working in the required manner in the production of different, good quality mangoes, whether at the production stage or the import stage.”
He explained that completing this process in the required manner would achieve the required economic growth. “We are on the right track and seek to make the most of this crop, which we are distinguished by.” The minister had previously called on several government officials to nurture the mango sector, and to export large shipments of them outside the country in order to bring in hard currencies. 21 previous editions of the festival have been held, which is organized by the Sudanese Horticultural Society, in cooperation with the Sudanese Center for Sterilization of Horticultural Exports. Some regions of Sudan that are famous for cultivating mangoes in large quantities are Abu Jubayha in South Kordofan State, Bau in Blue Nile State, in addition to Nuri in the Northern State.