( ) -q-21- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “war in Ukraine.” Experts are warning that rice production across South and Southeast Asia is likely to suffer with the world heading into an El Nino. [CutID: <Cuts> EL-NINO-RICE-CROPS-house-q-THUam.mp3 Time: 21s Title: EL-NINO-RICE-CROPS-house-q-THUam Out-cue: war in Ukraine] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Global demand is soaring, while yields […]
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El Nino is threatening rice crops while grain supplies already are squeezed by the war in Ukraine
( ) -q-21- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “war in Ukraine.”
Experts are warning that rice production across South and Southeast Asia is likely to suffer with the world heading into an El Nino.
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Title: EL-NINO-RICE-CROPS-house-q-THUam
Out-cue: war in Ukraine]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Global demand is soaring, while yields globally have been stagnating for decades because of climate change and limits to productivity gains.
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VERBATIM: Stronger El Ninos alter global weather patterns and heat up an already warming planet. Thirsty crops like rice are particularly vulnerable, especially when they are rainfed and not irrigated. Experts say this will worsen food insecurity at a time when supplies of grain and fertilizer are recovering from disruptions caused by the war in Ukraine.