Kaleem Ullah Khan, known as the 'Mango Man of India,' has revolutionized horticulture by grafting over 300 mango varieties onto a 120-year-old tree in Uttar Pradesh. Despite limited formal education, ...
Mangoes and summers go hand in hand in India. As soon as the season arrives, markets are flooded with all kinds of mango varieties, tempting everyone who passes by. Indians have loved mangoes for ...
Many people who have space in their compounds somehow never imagine they can grow their very own fruits trees for home consumption in that space. Yet growing grafted fruit trees in your backyard can ...
Kamugisha (standing, right) and his wife, Faustus (wearing a hat) help the farm employees to make grafted mango tree plantlets. PHOTO BY MICHAEL J SSALI Eden Kamugisha of Kisagazi village in Mukungwe ...
With 300 types of mangos to his horticultural credit, Kaleem Ullah Khan is quick to tell anyone in India and beyond about the infinite potential of the fruit and its tree, including as medicine. By ...
India's fruit trees are under threat, but a community of gardeners is using an old trick to save them – and even bring some back from the dead. It can take an entire village to grow a new-age garden.
Venturing into mango farming business can be a great long-term agro investment to make. Mango trees need 7-8 years to mature and begin producing fruit. However, grafted seedlings can be grown and ...