The general trend of decreasing vanilla production in East Africa was re-enforced by a very poor flowering earlier this year in Western Uganda and Eastern Congo. Read more
December 10, 2010
Posted in Harvest outlook, Markets, Vanilla
December 10, 2010
Posted in Harvest outlook, Markets, Vanilla
Cocoa prices have been subject to immense fluctuations. Not only exogenous influences are to be accounted, but so are endogenous factors, in particular the conduct of market players.
December 10, 2010
Posted in Harvest outlook, Markets, Vanilla
The are strong signs that the vanilla market is about to change. During the last few years vanilla was traded at sometimes ridiculously low prices which have lead many farmers to abandon the crop. Read more