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Ivory Coast, Southern Ghana Seasonal Rain Returning Late

Kansas City, September 3 (World Weather Inc.) – Coffee, cacao, sugarcane, rice and other crops produced from central and southern parts of Ivory Coast through much of Ghana to southern Benin and some Nigeria locations will slowly get some needed rain in the next couple of weeks. Seasonal rainfall has been slow in returning to the region after shifting normally to the north in late July and August. The dry season was more dominating and long lasting than usual, but relief is expected by mid-September which may help to stimulate new flowering for coffee and cacao to support the start of next year’s mid-crop development. The impact of longer than usual dryness is still being accessed with the main coffee and cacao crops at risk of some impact along with sugarcane, rice and a few others.