The crops can also be affected by climate, disease and even political turmoil in the countries where the plants are grown, which further limits commercial production.
And those three factors, fungi, insects, weeds, they can reduce the yield of the crops up to, well, up to 100%, but quite frequently, 60, 70, 80% yield loss.
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The smaller, less wealthy members see the chance of gaining some extra profit and exceed their output quota, introducing an element of competitiveness and weakening the power of the cartel as a whole.
And I know there's a bunch of other factors that can lead to a downturn in production, but to go that far down is like, dude, something catastrophic better have happened that we're not privy to the knowledge.