Angahuan is one of the villages shocked by the arrival of green gold.
The source ensuring the distribution of water to homes and agricultural activities is almost dry, four months before the next rains.
In place of a river, a thin trickle of water slides.
“When I was little, families came to wash their clothes, children bathed here
,” says Maria Teresa Bravo Perucho, pointing to a dry pool.
The young president of the self-government of this indigenous community has decided to control the use of water.
From now on, samples are limited and chargeable: 1 euro for 1000 liters, 5 euros for 20,000, and the source monitored by armed police.
In this Purépecha village, located a few kilometers from Uruapan, the world capital of avocados, the water issue is tearing society apart against the backdrop of the production of the fruit, which represents 40% of the village's land.
It takes on average 1000 liters of water to produce 1 kg of avocados…
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