{"id":6515,"date":"2016-03-25T23:50:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-26T03:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=6515"},"modified":"2016-03-25T23:50:33","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T03:50:33","slug":"cocoa-bean-production-down-due-to-el-nino-impacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2016\/03\/cocoa-bean-production-down-due-to-el-nino-impacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocoa bean production down due to El Ni\u00f1o impacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we approach the Easter weekend, with baskets full of chocolate bunnies, I was interested to note a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agweb.com\/blog\/the-hueber-report\/crisis-possibly-averted\/\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> in <em>AgWeb<\/em> about adverse impacts of the current strong El Ni\u00f1o on the production of cocoa beans, used to make chocolate. \u00a0I&#8217;ve put a map of the major production areas below along with a map showing the global temperature percentiles for this past winter. \u00a0The unusually warm weather in equatorial West Africa has reduced the yield of cocoa beans, increasing the price of this key ingredient in chocolate just in time for this sweet holiday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6516\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6516\" style=\"width: 407px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/03\/2012cocoa.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6516\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6516\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/03\/2012cocoa-300x132.png\" alt=\"Source: Swidran, Commons Wikimedia\" width=\"407\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/03\/2012cocoa-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/03\/2012cocoa-768x337.png 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/03\/2012cocoa.png 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/03\/2012cocoa-315x138.png 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Swidran, Commons Wikimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/03\/winter-temp-percentiles.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6517\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6517\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/03\/winter-temp-percentiles-300x245.gif\" alt=\"winter temp percentiles\" width=\"426\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/03\/winter-temp-percentiles-300x245.gif 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/03\/winter-temp-percentiles-169x138.gif 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we approach the Easter weekend, with baskets full of chocolate bunnies, I was interested to note a report in AgWeb about adverse impacts of the current strong El Ni\u00f1o on the production of cocoa beans, used to make chocolate. \u00a0I&#8217;ve put a map of the major production areas below along with a map showing 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