Here in the Southeast we often think about the impacts of El Niño as being something that primarily affects us.  However, El Niño is actually a global phenomenon that impacts crops around the world.  Bloomberg BusinessWeek has a good write-up of the some of the impacts on agricultural commodities like coffee and cocoa beans that are also expected to occur with this strong El Niño.

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Source: Panther / Commons WIkimedia