The Guimaras mango industry suffered a slump in 2008 posting a 39.7 percent decrease over its 2007 production. In 2010, production started to pick up until it fully recovered in 2015 at 11,755 metric tons posting a 17.9 percent increase over its 2014 production and 62.9 percent increase from its lowest output in 2009 of 7, 218 metric tons.
For 2016, PSA-Guimaras preliminary data showed that while production slowed down compared to previous year, it’s still way up than its production seven years ago (2008-2014).
Guimaras has a total land area of 60,457 hectares and 8.6 percent of this or 5,202.8 hectares are planted to mango. The fruit crop is planted in all the five municipalities of the province.
As of 2015, PSA data said there were 137,900 bearing mango trees in the province, of which 89.6 percent or 123,500 are carabao mango varieties which are considered one of the best mango varieties because of its tender taste and sweet aroma.
Guimaras mangoes which have been declared as seeds and pulp weevil-free are allowed to enter foreign markets such as United States and Australia. They have made their way, too, as far as the White House and Buckingham Palace.
To promote the industry, the province holds a yearly festival dubbed as “Manggahan”. Some of the popular features of the festival are its “mango eat all you can”, agri trade and tourism fair, bike fest and cultural competitions. The annual festival coincides with the celebration of the province-hood of Guimaras. (PIA6-Iloilo)
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