Satellite monitoring and deforestation-free certification are reshaping Mexico’s avocado industry while supporting thousands of farming families.
Michoacán shipped just over 120,000 tons of avocados—90 percent of the total avocados expected to be consumed this weekend—for the Super Bowl, which will be held next Sunday, February 8, in the neighboring country to the north, Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla stated.
He emphasized that 90 percent of the exported avocados are Proforest Avocado certified, as they come from orchards free of deforestation. This has been made possible thanks to the implementation of the Guardian Forest satellite surveillance system, created by the current state administration.
The state has over 182,000 hectares of orchards distributed across municipalities such as Uruapan, Tancítaro, Ario, Nuevo Parangaricutiro, Tacámbaro, and Peribán, among others.
“This allows avocado production to exceed 1.3 million tons annually,” the governor stated, emphasizing that the avocado industry is a major source of employment, providing a livelihood for thousands of families.
Two years after the implementation of this certification program, 58,000 avocado orchards have been registered and more than 240,000 fruit harvests have been verified. Furthermore, the six million hectares of Michoacán’s territory are being monitored using technology and artificial intelligence.
