Chile: The first Global Avocado Summit was held with great attendance

Published 2024년 11월 21일

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The inaugural Global Avocado Summit 2024 was held, bringing together stakeholders to discuss the state of the avocado industry, focusing on trends, marketing, and sustainability. Orchestrated by the Chilean Avocado Committee and Yentzen Group, the event highlighted the industry's challenges, such as sustainability, drought, and labor acquisition, while emphasizing the need for infrastructure improvement and the speeding up of Mercosur visa issuance. Chile, the world's second-largest avocado consumer, is expecting a 33% increase in production to 200 thousand tons, with 45% set for export, mainly to Europe. The Chilean Avocado Committee, led by its first female president, Carmen Gloria Lüttges, is advocating for the further strengthening of the industry while emphasizing the importance of quality, health, and sustainability, with a focus on the potential of avocado consumption in markets like India.

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The first edition of the Global Avocado Summit 2024, organized jointly by the Chilean Avocado Committee and Yentzen Group, was held with a full auditorium. The activity brought together national and international actors from the sector, who enjoyed talks focused on analysis, statistics, consumer trends, commercialization, marketing and sustainability, among others. The Global Avocado Summit corresponds to the renewed version of the traditional 'Avocado Day' that was held in the country and is being resumed after seven years. The avocado industry has changed greatly in the world, especially in Chile. Today there are new supplier countries, growing markets, an increase in local consumption and several challenges, such as promoting sustainability. The president of the Chilean Avocado Committee, Carmen Gloria Lüttges, the first woman to preside over the association, welcomed all those present "to the new and long-awaited version of the Global Avocado Summit." “This meeting is back ...

Source: MXfruit