US EditionTanzania's green gold rush: How avocado waste is hurting farmers and what should be done
Up to 50% of avocado crops are lost due to handling damage and market inequalities affecting smallholder farmers, especially women, in Tanzania's growing export sector.
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Tanzania's green gold rush: How avocado waste is hurting farmers and what should be done
Avocados have been grown in Tanzania since the early 1890s. The global appetite for the creamy fruit, also known as green gold, is booming. The industry's market value was over US$6.5 billion in 2020, reached US$16.24 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach US$23 billion in 2029.
Tanzania’s green gold rush: how avocado waste is hurting farmers and what should be done
Avocados have been grown in Tanzania since the early 1890s. The global appetite for the creamy fruit, also known as green gold, is booming. The industry’s market value was over US$6.5 billion in 2020, reached US$16.24 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach US$23 billion in 2029. Tanzania has seized this opportunity in the last two decades and is now Africa’s fourth-largest avocado exporter, behind Kenya, South Africa and Morocco. The top dest…
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