The mango season is around the corner and soon the fruit market will be flooded with the aroma of the King of Fruits. Now imagine if it were not just a seasonal fruit but a fruit you could enjoy 365 days a year? Yes, you read it right. It is possible, and one farmer in India is trying to make it happen and is now being supported by Anand Mahindra too. Scroll down to read the details.



This story is of Shree Kishan Suman, a farmer from a village near Kota who initially worked with wheat and rice farming and then grew a rose plant that bloomed in seven colors. Later, he moved to experiment with mango grafting. He worked for more than a decade refining an unusual mango tree that flowers across multiple seasons and has now developed a new variety called 'Sadabahar,' which can bear fruit up to three times a year.



This rare variety of mango is said to have an Alphonso-like taste, is low in fiber and has impressed even researchers. It is reported that the saplings of this mango variety are slowly reaching Rashtrapati Bhavan as well. In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter) even Anand Mahindra was surprised to know about this mango and wrote, "It this variety proves scalable, it open up real possibilities: for farmers' incomes, for supply chains and even for how we experience something as as seasonal and sacred as the mango.



In his post he mentioned, "It’s a general principle that as economies grow, agriculture must shrink in importance. But perhaps what declines is not agriculture itself… only our imagination of it."








He further added, "What strikes me is not just the outcome, but the method. This is true entrepreneurship: resilience in the face of uncertainty, a science-based approach, and the patience to let nature reveal its secrets. We most often look for startups in our engineering campuses. We should be looking just as closely at our farms."



The most encouraging part of his post was his concluding line where he mentioned,"And if he ever chooses to scale his venture, I’d be more than willing to back him."



While Suman's experimentation and resilience to bring more to the world is an example of hard work and patience, Anand Mahindra's applause and support towards the farmer community truly reflects what leadership should ideally navigate and help others grow.