The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) organised a four-day 1St State-level Mango Festival-cum-Exhibition-2017 at its office premises at IRC Village here from Saturday.
Governor Dr SC Jamir, who inaugurated the fest, complimented the Nabard for organising such an exhibition and sale of best varieties of mangoes for supporting tribal farmers for sale at profitable prices without involvement of middlemen.
Nabard CGM Dr KC Panigrahi said the Nabard has been providing grant assistance under its Tribal Development Programme. The Nabard Odisha Regional Office is implementing 51 Wadi projects in 17 tribals- dominated districts of the State spread over 37,564 acres of tribal land covering more than 44,367 tribal families.
The festival would provide an opportunity to the tribal families to exhibit and sell their horticulture and farm produce and interact with senior Government functionaries and bankers.
Popular varieties of garden fresh and carbide free mangoes such as Amrapali, Baiganpalli, Totapuri, Alphonso, lengda and other fruits such as litchi, Pineapple, and Jackfruit are on display for sale.