LUCKNOW, July 3 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said Uttar Pradesh should aim to make its mangoes globally competitive by focusing on exports through branding, processing, packaging, product traceability and organic certification, rather than limiting efforts to increasing production alone. He said the state should strive to emerge as the world's leading mango value chain hub.

Inaugurating the Aam Mahotsav-2026 (UP Mango Festival) at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Adityanath said Uttar Pradesh contributes 26% of India's total mango production and exports mangoes to the United Kingdom, the UAE, Kuwait, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Belgium, Japan, Italy, Russia, Qatar and several other countries. He said agencies such as APEDA...