PIJAO, Colombia, Feb 8 ― During the Super Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, millions of armchair fans will tuck into a tasty snack of...
PIJAO, Colombia, Feb 8 ― During the Super Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, millions of armchair fans will tuck into a tasty snack of tortilla chips and guacamole.
But rivers of water came cascading down from higher up in the mountains surrounding his farm and scouring out ditches up to two meters deep. In 2021, the state body charged with protecting the environment in Quindio accused avocado producers of “illegal water harvesting,” “pollution of water sources” and “illegal logging.”
Environmental activist Monica Florez says multinationals ― mostly from Chile, Mexico and Peru ― began arriving in Pijao in 2017, at the exact time that FARC guerrillas were disarming following their December 2016 peace deal with the state. Aerial view showing the farm of coffee grower José Hernandez , which suffers from the effects of growing avocado trees , in Pijao, Quindo Department, Colombia, taken on February 8, 2023. ― AFP picIn Mexico, the avocado industry is mired in some of the country’s worst vices: violence, drug trafficking and deforestation.
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