Pakistan is the fourth largest mango producer the world after India,
Cheha Thailand respectively. According to Food and Agricultural
Graanization (FAO), Pakistan isthe eighth largest exporter of mango in
een ty country annually exports about 85,923 tons of mangos:
ny tote Middle Eastand the UK and gets foreign exchange inflow
say St mullon dollars. Mango, being the major fruit, is a source of
Trelihood for millions of Fumibes of mango growing areas both directly
‘and indirectly. The value chain of mango sector provides jobs to the
aruitforce involved in input supply, production, harvest and postharvest
handling, export and local retail sales and value addition segments.
merging trends in mango sector are acting employment potential and
requres skied worker Ineraional cerification and food safety
Standards lke, GlobalGAR, Hazard Analysis Critieal Control Point
(HACCP), British Retailers Consortium (BRC) and Intemational
Features Standards (IFS) require skilled labor for nurseries certification,
cultural practices and ‘harvest and. post harvest. handling. The
«establishment of on farm mango pack houses and cold stores, new trends
ion (mango leather, mango chips, and mango candies from
‘puree / pulp) and self marketing has open new avenues for
semi-skilled and skilled workiowe. Similarly there is an incfeasing
demand for professionals / experts to provide technical services for
planation of new orchards, improvement of management practices and to
‘Suggest remedial measures to control disease / pest and nutrition
‘maagement of mango orchards,