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Parachichi! Eckhard forwards me to his old friend Wille near Tukuyu. Wille lived in Rostock, Germany, during the 1980s. He recently retired and runs an organic Hass avocado farm now. It is interesting to see how different crops interleave with each other: All mixed together, the fields consist of banana plants, papaya trees, robusta coffee bushes and the desired avocado trees. The soil is covered with plant waste as natural manure and for binding the moisture. Most of Wille's avocados are exported to Europe via a Swiss organisation.

The Hass avocados have been initially introduced in this region by Zimbabwean farmers who have been chased out of Zimbabwe during the land reform act end of 1990/beginning of 2000. Tukuyu also features an avocado oil processing factory which produces a great local alternative to the imported and expensive olive oil. This industry is very young though and thus you won't find avocado oil anywhere yet, apart from selected shops in Dar, for example.Read more