Avocado production in Mexico

Avocado production is important to the economy of Mexico with the country being the world's largest producer of the crop. Mexico supplies 45 percent of the international avocado market. Of the 57 avocado producing countries, the other major producers are Colombia, Peru, Dominican Republic, and Kenya, in that order.

The 'Avocado Belt of the Mexican Republic' includes Michoacán and the State of Mexico. The major cultivars in Mexico are Fuerte, Hass, Bacon, Reed, Criollo, and Zutano. Additionally, with the avocado industry being so large in Mexico, it leads to environmental consequences such as deforestation and water scarcity. Some of these environmental problems are compounded by the involvement of the cartels who have been making aggressive advances into the industry causing harm to the agricultural community at large.