Mango farmers in Andhra Pradesh (AP) in southeast India are coping with uncompetitive prices due to a post-monsoon surplus and low procurement. 

According to the Hindustani Times on July 23, 2025, the Amaravati farmers’ consortium was blaming pulp industries for limiting purchases.

The bestselling mango varietal Totapuri is currently in ample supply but is garnering only minimal industrial procurement.

Regarding which, a successful 2024-25 production season fruited a bountiful mango crop for most varieties including Totapuri, a bearish factor.

AP’s 2024-25 production hit 150,000 tonnes, above 2023-24’s 90,000 tonnes. With the excess, local farmers can barely scratch the minimum support price (msp) of 4 rupees ($0.046) a kg.

This is why the Amaravanti has brought the matter to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TDP)-linked government, to guarantee the support price. 

The Ministry of State for Rural Development states it has already distributed millions of rupees to facilitate the 4-rupee/kg msp. 

Still, farmers in AP feel neglected vis-á-vis those in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in southwest and southeast India, accordingly. The mango msps in the two states are at 18 and 5 rupees (0.21-0.058)/kg, respectively. 

Branching out to Other Fruits

Meanwhile, smallholder farmers in the Chandragiri Mandal district in AP are trialling new fruits such as coconut, reports Andhrajyothy news. 

According to growers that include Dhanamajaya Naidu, a Chandragiri Mandal resident with seven mango acres, mangoes are currently productive but pest-infested.

Another reason for switching is domestic price unreliability unless there is a premium fresh mango export base, like in Odisha, eastern India. Sometimes, however, even home prices rally to 12 rupees ($0.14) a kg at the farm-gate within AP itself. 

Pulp industries, which receive the bulk for processing, operate on waitlists which can be detrimental to fruit quality. Besides, factories forgo processing mango drinks with over 10% pulp concentration to avoid a 28% tax by the Union Government.  And as the statistics below reveal, the story was different in the most flourishing mango years in Andhra Pradesh.

AP [India] Mango Statistics 

As the biggest mango-producing nation globally with a 41% share, India has dubbed mango “the king of fruits.” This is for a reason: it fuels a vast national pulp drink industry and exports. Supporting with supplies are major production states, such as Andhra Pradesh (AP) with 3.5 million tonnes in annual output, just behind Uttar Pradesh. AP’s key mango varieties include Totapuri, Alphonso and Raspuri. Below is a comparative look at both acreage and production in leading states, including AP. 

State	Production [Average tonnes, 2022]	Acreage in ha, 2022
Uttar Pradesh	4,551,230	590,000 [23% share)
Andhra Pradesh	3,500,000	351,000 [18% share]
Bihar	1,500,000	248,000 [12% share]
Karnataka	1,200,000	277,000. [14% share]

How good are mango prices in Andhra Pradesh versus Karnataka?  

Although AP betters Karnataka in mango yields and acreage, it trails its rival in prices. While AP’s farmers enjoyed  a mid-2025 minimum support price of 4 rupees ($0.046)/kg,  Karnataka’s bagged 18 rupees (0.21)/kg.