Mexican avocado production has more than doubled in 10 years

The Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mexico recently published the 2019 Agri-Food Atlas, which contains all the production and export figures of the Mexican agri-food sector during the past year. This voluminous and colorful publication shows an increase in the production and export of agricultural products, highlighting the increase in the fruit and vegetable segment. The effect of the coronavirus pandemic, of course, is not yet reflected in the document. Fruits and vegetables are very important for the Mexican agricultural sector, since the Central American country is the world's largest producer of avocado and blackberries, the second largest producer of green chilies, raspberries and limes, and the third largest producer of asparagus, strawberries and papayas. . In addition to being a food-producing country, according to the Atlas, Mexico is above all an important exporting country, occupying eighth place worldwide in 2019 (the EU is counted as an exporter), ...