MULTAN: Dwindling harvests, drooping demand and export supply chains hit by the coronavirus pandemic are biting into Pakistan’s now globally famous mango industry, with producers of the prized fruit battling to weather a disastrous season.

Across Pakistan’s “mango belt” in Punjab and Sindh provinces, farmers say a long winter and changing rain patterns have slashed production by up to half this year — just as virus shutdowns sparked border restrictions and spiraling export costs.

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