Introduction, Origin, History and Sustainability Perspective of Avocado as a Prosperous Crop: A Review
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https://doi.org/10.55627/agrivet.003.03.0990Keywords:
Sustainability, Avocado, Origin, Value Addition, History, Sustainability PerspectiveAbstract
Avocado owing to its great nutritional and medical benefits fetch higher price making it one of most economical important fruits. Avocado immense importance arouses the need of its evaluation to check its adaptability under different climatic conditions. The value addition of avocado fruit is necessary to keep it available for longer time period. Avocado Oil, Avocado Tea, Avocado Pickle, Avocado Marmalade and Avocado Jam is highly nutritious products and it importance as Vitamin E Powerhouse in addition to rich source of major essential vitamins and minerals make it an everyday choice for health conscious people. The growing of Avocado has huge potential in uplifting the rural economy, rural area agriculture based employment and reducing the poverty rate of growers. On the other hand, overall Avocado industry is highly criticized because of deforestation, massive water utilization, polluting the water bodies with insecticides and fertilizers, posing a threat to other plant species, and environmental pollution. Despite that huge benefits associated with avocado growing compensate for these losses. The review gives a glimpse of sustainability perspectives of growing avocado.
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