This is why the price of bananas is likely to increase in supermarkets

Tasty and nutritious, banana seduced by the multiple culinary possibilities it offers. Plain, in salads, in cakes or pancakes… It is a favorite food to fill up on energy. This, especially since it is among the most common fruits accessible. Problem, at the time of global warming and theinflationTHE production costs have increased and are likely to reverberate on consumers.

Understand everything about banana inflation

If Le Figaro reports that the banana “should beat a new consumption record in France this year, at 750,000 tonnes” the media also predicts that the sector risks being undermined in the weeks that follow. First factor, production costs which have continued to increase since 2020. From ripening plants to transport boxes, all stages of the chain have been impacted between 2020 and 2024.

Another problem:e global warming which leads to increased precipitation, temperatures, and natural disasters. Conversely, the droughts affecting certain areas such as the Panama Canal complicate exports.

To schematize, there is therefore a increase in demandthe banana seeing its consumption increase, while at the same time, thelower offer since the fruit becomes more and more complicated to produce.

Invited to world banana forumeconomist Pascal Liu confided: “ There will actually be price increases. If there is not a major increase in supply, I expect banana prices to remain relatively high in the years to come. »

Yes, yes development of new varietieseasier to cultivate and resistant to diseases is a solution considered, it has a cost. So far, the price per kilo of the banana had managed to maintain itself below the €2 markbut maybe not for much longer…

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