World: Avocado growth presents consumption challenges

The avocado is a fruit with a soft texture and delicate flavor, whose shape is oval pyriform. It has a thick and rough skin allowing it to tolerate transport quite well. With a wide variety of preparations. Avocado consumption worldwide has been constantly increasing in recent years, positioning the Hass variety as one of the favorites. That is why we spoke with Michael Horney, vice president of the World Avocado Organization (WAO), to find out the current state of the industry. “As we all know, Latin America continues to be the main source of the fruit, however, there are new origins, especially in Africa, in southern Europe that have joined the industry and are growing in an interesting way in recent years,” he indicates. . Michael Horney, vice president of the World Avocado Organization (WAO). Horney explains that the main producing countries are Mexico, with 220 thousand hectares planted and production all year round. In second place is Peru by area and volume of cultivation, ...