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Avocado, Michoacan (Mexico)
Uruapan, Mexico19.42°N 102.06°W
computed criticality10/100
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Mexico top producer (~28% of world, 2023) and top avocado exporter
2023Fault line
The avocado eaten in North America and Europe comes largely from a single Mexican state, Michoacan, where the sector is infiltrated by organised crime and strains water and forests.
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Michoacan growers
Peru
Colombia
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