In Europe, a shortage of chocolate and coffee may begin due to drought enhancing in the manufacturers, reports The Guardian.
“In the near future, the supply of certain products to the European Union may suffer due to increased droughts in other parts of the world. Coffee, cocoa, sugar cane, palm oil and soybeans are the most sensitive to climate change import goods,” said researchers from Free university in the Netherlands.
Palm oil is one of the key components in the production of many food and home products in Europe, and soybeans are the main feed for chickens and pigs.
A study conducted by the R2water Research and Consultancy group shows that Europe consumes over 30% of the entire coffee industry. Half of this coffee is made and comes from Brazil and Vietnam, which threatens drought. Just as much – 100% – Europe depends on the supply of cocoa beans from Indonesia, Malaysia, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, where drought becomes an annual phenomenon with which manufacturers are forced.