Every year around harvest time for the cocoa crop in West Africa, the harmattan, a dry dusty
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Every year around harvest time for the cocoa crop in West Africa, the harmattan, a dry dusty wind from the Sahara desert, sweeps through cocoa plantations in Ghana and Ivory Coast, drying the pods and reducing yields. In 2015, the harmattan was longer than usual (14 days compared to the usual 5 days), so crop yields were lower than usual. The decrease in supply from the long harmattan was one factor in the large increase in the world price of cocoa prices in 2015.
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How does a change in supply affect the equilibrium price?
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Microeconomics Principles Applications And Tools
ISBN: 9780134078878
9th Edition
Authors: Arthur O'Sullivan, Steven Sheffrin, Stephen Perez
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