WHAT does a farmer do with a haul of juicy mangoes that have a shelf life of just one day? The easy thing to do is to dump those mangoes and grow the pricy Alphonso or Totapuri instead.
But that’s not a choice the farmers of Ankola taluk in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka want to ever make. The Kari Ishad, the mango with the short shelf life, is the pride of their taluk. It is also on the verge. . .