CropsFruit flies were rotting GI-recognised Fazli mangoes in Chapainawabganj's orchards in July 2026. Growers and traders estimated the loss at about Tk 100 crore; the agriculture department had no count of affected orchards.
Dr Alim Uddin, who applied for the geographical indication, says GI status for Rajshahi's Fazli mango will lift demand abroad and give it legal protection.
"Rajshahi's Fazli mango" has won geographical indication (GI) recognition, following an application by the Rajshahi Fruit Research Centre in 2017.
After Chapainawabganj's Khirsapat mango, the Fazli mango and the bagda shrimp are soon to receive geographical indication certificates, with the gazette already published.
