Changing times, Changing fruits

Crete is an island of mountains and valleys- which allows it to foster many different agricultural products from chestnuts in the mountains, olives at the base, and oranges in the tropical valleys. Despite being such a personal, traditional and isolationist society, the Island of Crete has not been exempt from the global avocado craze. Oranges used to be a staple export for the island, but with the prices so low, and resources so scarce, it is no longer viable to grow them. So across the island, people are cutting down their orange trees and replacing them with Avocados, as they are very profitable. Yet this comes with a high risk since the farmers are putting all of their efforts towards this one export. It is all well and good until the first bad season, or the first disease hits the crops. And therein lies the problem of the rentier state. It will be interesting to see how the island does with avocado exports in the future.