date:Dec 26, 2019
his demand, avocado producers exploit forest lands, apply excessive use of chemical fertilizers to plants to optimize their yield and achieve export quality.
According to researcher Jose Agustin Vidales Fernandez, there is indiscriminate use of pesticides in the avocado producing area of Michoacan; producers use 450,000 liters of insecticides, 900,000 tons of fungicides, and 30,000 tons of fertilizers each year, which, among other things, contaminate aquifers.
The Center for Research in Enviro