Malaga produces half of the avocado and 80% of the mango in Spain. An economic miracle that has been based, in large part, on the depletion of local water reserves.
An investigation by Seprona has uncovered the massive and irregular use of water in tropical avocado and mango crops. "It's worse than ever," warns Gregorio Campos, vice president of the public water and sanitation company in the Axarquía region (Axaragua), which manages a resource on which 200,000 people depend.