COLOMBIA-AGRICULTURE-ENVIRONMENT-AVOCADO-SUPER BOWL

Matilde, wife of coffee grower José Hernández, both who fight against avocado growing companies that have caused cracks on their land due to water waste, talks to AFP in the kitchen of their house in Pijao, Quindío Department, Colombia, on February 8, 2023. Far from the guacamole that seduces palates during the American football Super Bowl, where avocado salsa is the star food for viewers, in Colombia the growing production of avocado divides growers and environmentalists. The monoculture caused flooding in the coffee plantations of José Hernández, who refuses to sow the "green gold" as most of his neighbours did. The Hass type avocado that grows in the fields of Colombia is mainly exported to the United States, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. (Photo by Juan Pablo PINO / AFP) (Photo by JUAN PABLO PINO/AFP via Getty Images)