Guatemalan cardamom prices could be prone to upward pressure ahead on the realization that the 2015/16 crop looks set to be down from that of 2014/15 due to the combined effects of prolonged dry weather and damage from the thrips insect.
Drought conditions in Guatemala over much of this year and certainly from January to July have been attributed to the El Niño weather phenomenon as 2015 heralds the start of another severe El Niño event…READ MORE