Morocco may set a record for avocado exports, but the future of the industry is at risk

게시됨 2023년 3월 22일

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Morocco is poised to set a new record for avocado exports in the 2022/23 season, with a 60% increase from the previous season, making it the ninth largest exporter in the world. However, the industry faces challenges due to water scarcity and climate change, with the Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture cancelling subsidies for new plantations and facing calls to halt the cultivation of water-intensive crops like avocados and watermelons. This could potentially limit the expansion of avocado plantations, impacting both exports and the domestic market, where avocado use is on the rise.

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Moroccan exporters have every chance to set a new record for avocado exports from the country in the 2022/23 season (July-June), EastFruit reports. At the same time, representatives of the local industry of growing and exporting this product are seriously concerned about its future due to the shortage of water resources in the country and the changing climate. Thus, from July 2022 to January 2023, Morocco was able to export a record volume of avocados for this period of 35.5 thousand tons, which is 60% more than in the same months of the previous season. Thus, before exceeding the total export of the previous season, Moroccan exporters have only 7,000 tons of avocados to export to foreign markets. Given the trends of past years, this goal is likely to be achieved almost seamlessly in the remaining months, and Morocco will indeed set a new record for exports at the end of the 2022/23 season. It should be noted that over the past five seasons, the export of avocados from Morocco has ...

출처: Eastfruit