Climate harms the supply of vegetables and fruits in Brazil

Those looking for low wholesale prices will have to wait a little longer until the horticultural supply recovers from adverse weather conditions in various parts of the country. The low temperatures and frost that occurred in late July and early August are reflected in the prices of fruits and vegetables in the domestic market. The information comes from the 9th Bulletin of the Brazilian Program for the Modernization of the Hortigranjeiro Market (Prohort), released by the National Supply Company (Conab) this Thursday (16/09). According to the bulletin, the potato had the highest growth rates in almost all Supply Centers, with the exception of Acre, resulting from the lower supply registered in August. The frosts mainly affected the crops that were under development and that would be responsible for the supply in this period, sustaining the high also in the first days of the month of September. The highs in potato prices are due to the reduction of around 4% in supply to the ...