btw: brutalne vyskocili ceny kakaa a pomerancovy stavy. imho prvni vlastovky toho, co se bude dit. Oteplovani, El Nino, stres, nemoci...
The world is facing the largest cocoa supply deficit in more than 60 years and consumers could start to see the effect at the end of this year or early 2025, Joules said. The International Cocoa Organization has forecast a supply deficit of 374,000 tons for the 2023-24 season, a 405% increase from a deficit of 74,000 tons in the previous season.
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Crops have been hit by black pod disease and swollen shoot virus and many trees are past their maximum yield potential because there has not been a major round of planting since the early 2000s, Joules said.
Heavy rains exacerbated the disease issues, Branch said, and the El Niño weather phenomenon has also led to drier conditions resulting in lower cocoa yields in previous years. Seasonal harmattan winds were more extreme this year, also affecting crop yields, Branch said.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/26/cocoa-prices-are-soaring-to-record-levels-what-it-means-for-consumers.htmlOrange juice prices historically high after crop producer slammed by weather and diseasehttps://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/orange-juice-prices-historically-high-after-crop-producer-slammed-by-weather-and-disease-200854597594The vast majority of the world’s orange juice is produced in just two countries, the US and Brazil. But both these countries’ orange producing regions (Florida and São Paulo are responsible for more than 85% of global supply) are struggling.
With a severe drought hitting Brazil and citrus greening disease plaguing both orange producing regions, is the orange juice sector heading for severe shortages?
Orange juice shortage fuelled by disease and droughthttps://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2024/02/06/orange-juice-shortage-fuelled-by-disease-and-drought