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In the southern province of Antalya's Alanya district, which has become Türkiye's tropical fruit production hub, producers have shifted their focus to avocados due to their lower maintenance costs and higher income compared to bananas.

Following Poland and Ukraine, Turkey has started to export avocados to Bulgaria. Last week, 5 thousand 500 avocados were exported to this country, reports FreshPlaza. 

Avocado farmers on the island of Crete have filed a lawsuit against persons unknown, claiming that an unidentified gang has been systematically stealing large quantities of their produce.

Hawaiian woman found a 2.4-kilogram avocado as big as a human head as she walked, reported Scientm.

Representatives of the Guinness Book of Records will check whether this is the heaviest known avocado. Currently in this category there is recorded 1,8 kilograms from Venezuela in 2009.