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Colombia’s Hass Avocado Growers Between a Flowering Shock and El Niño: Water, Credit and European Provenance
The 2026 traviesa harvest fell roughly 50–60 percent after rain-disrupted flowering and heat, and El Niño now threatens the November–March main crop. Bogotá has answered with loan rescheduling and water-infrastructure credit; Dutch buyers are specifying indicators. Q3 2026; 92 days to the EUDR clock for large and medium operators, which does not cover avocados.