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+ | Traders started worrying about the next crop and the El Niño weather phenomenon, which tends to reduce cocoa yields in West Africa. | ||
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+ | The ongoing El-Nino weather pattern is usually associated with good rains in South America but dry weather in Asia that could tighten supplies of the Robusta variety. | ||
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+ | This also supports a narrowing of the Arabica-Robusta spread, | ||
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+ | In Latin America, particularly in countries like Brazil and Argentina, El Nino’s association with reduced rainfall during critical growing seasons contributed to lower yields for crops like corn, soybeans, and wheat. | ||
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+ | He also points to two weather systems working together. First there is the ENSO, or the so-called El Niño Southern Oscillation, |