Agartala, May 27 -- The Gandatwisa area under Dhalai district of Tripura is gradually emerging as a major mango farming hub, as a growing number of farmers are shifting from traditional cultivation to commercial mango orchards due to higher profitability and favourable soil conditions.

Farmers in the Gumti region of Gandatwisa have increasingly adopted mango farming over the past few years after discovering that the area's fertile soil and climatic conditions are highly conducive for cultivating different indigenous and foreign varieties of mangoes. Large stretches of land in the region are now covered with sprawling mango orchards laden with fruit.

With the harvesting season approaching, farmers are eagerly waiting for mid-June when th...