Super El Niño Threatens Planting Season Across South and Southeast Asia
En resumen
- Analyst warns that a super El Niño phenomenon is threatening the planting season across South and Southeast Asia, bringing widespread dryness to the region.
- The climatic conditions are already being felt in Kerala, India, where farmers typically prepare land during the pre-monsoon season from March to May.
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Por qué importa
El Niño is a climatic phenomenon that causes periodic warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean, shifting global weather patterns. It typically brings heavy rain to some areas while inducing drought in others. The pre-monsoon season in Kerala runs from March to May and is traditionally when farmers prepare land for planting, relying on thunderstorms and high humidity.
"It is very concerning because this year is supposed to be a super El Nino, and you are getting into the planting season," said analyst Gnanasekar Thiagarajan, founder of India-based financial research and advisory firm Commtrendz Research, which specialises in commodity futures. "This is going to be widespread across South and Southeast Asia. There will be dryness everywhere."
El Nino is the name for a climatic phenomenon that causes periodic warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean, shifting global weather patterns and leading to heavy rain in some areas while bringing drought to others. Thiagarajan said the conditions were already making themselves felt in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where the land is usually prepared for planting during the pre-monsoon season, from March to May, which brings thunderstorms and high humidity.
Preguntas abiertas
- How severe will the drought conditions be?
- Which specific crops will be most affected?
- What mitigation measures are governments implementing?
