Avocado: India’s Butter Fruit is Becoming Green Gold

For decades, India had avocados, calling them butter fruit. They grew quietly in the hills of South India, often as shade trees in coffee plantations. Then came Instagram, avocado toast, green smoothies and the health-food boom. Suddenly, Indians were paying premium prices for imported avocados.

Now, Indian farmers are betting on the fruit themselves – experimenting with avocado cultivation and premium varieties like Hass. Could the humble butter fruit finally become India’s next green gold? Palki Sharma tells you.