The price of Brazilian potatoes rose by more than 30% in November, shocking consumers

According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the price of potatoes shocked consumers across Brazil in November, rising 33.37 per cent, higher than other products in the "basic vegetable basket", such as tomatoes (up 19.89 per cent), soybean oil (-14.85 per cent), meat (-4.89 per cent) and rice (-8.29 per cent).
in goiás, potatoes have reached 8 reais per kilogram in supermarkets, compared with 5 reais three weeks ago, the Brazilian website G1 reported on December 7.
like customers are surprised, so are we, " says Cleiton dos Santos, manager of the supermarket.
, when we buy, we try to find the best price, but we can't find it.
we were really shocked.
jo?o Paulo Bernardes Deleo, a researcher at the Centre for Advanced Research in Applied Economics at the University of Sao Paulo (USP), believes the price increase was caused by problems for farmers in September, the last month of the winter harvest.
said: "It was very hot and the origin of the potatoes was affected.
in addition to speeding up the planting cycle, farmers must also speed up the harvest of potatoes.
", there was a large supply of potatoes in September, but there was a shortage in October and November.
prices of potatoes will stabilize before a new crop season arrives next year.
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