# From maize to coffee, El Nino likely to affect various crops across the world - The HinduBusinessLine

> Research firms and the FAO warn that El Niño could raise drought risk for maize, rice, sugar, palm oil and coffee. In past events, the share of cropland under high-intensity drought rose 11-12 percentage points in the affected regions, with Southern Africa, Central America and Southeast Asia most exposed.

- Date: 2026-10-27 · published 2026-10-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17051-from-maize-to-coffee-el-nino-likely-to-affect-various-crops-across-the-world
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Drought risk for palm oil and rice in Southeast Asia and maize in Central America and Southern Africa supports prices for those supplies and feed substitutes.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- RICE: bullish ▲
- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-05-05 | [‘Developing’ El Nino may hit India’s maize, soya and rice output, says FAO   - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35870-developing-el-nino-may-hit-india-s-maize-soya-and-rice-output-says-fao-the.md) | -0.2% | -7.5% |
| CORN | 2021-01-04 | [La Nina to take hold of agri markets in 2021  - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5000-la-nina-to-take-hold-of-agri-markets-in-2021-the-hindubusinessline.md) | +5.3% | +17.8% |
| CORN | 2020-09-11 | [La Nina may disrupt global food supply  - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51042-la-nina-may-disrupt-global-food-supply-the-hindubusinessline.md) | +4.5% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2019-04-26 | [El Niño crop damage climbs to P7.96 billion - BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59514-el-nino-crop-damage-climbs-to-p7-96-billion-businessworld-online.md) | +0.6% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2021-12-26 | [Withering crops highlight La Niña fears for Brazil soy farmers - BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13761-withering-crops-highlight-la-nina-fears-for-brazil-soy-farmers-businessworld.md) | -1.3% | +3.3% |
| RICE | 2026-03-31 | [La Niña has ended, El Nino likely to emerge around August, says Australian Met body - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20090-la-nina-has-ended-el-nino-likely-to-emerge-around-august-says-australian-met.md) | -1.5% | -6.6% |
| RICE | 2023-02-27 | [What if El Nino materialises in 2023? - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37250-what-if-el-nino-materialises-in-2023-the-hindubusinessline.md) | +1.2% | +6.4% |
| RICE | 2023-05-05 | [‘Developing’ El Nino may hit India’s maize, soya and rice output, says FAO   - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35870-developing-el-nino-may-hit-india-s-maize-soya-and-rice-output-says-fao-the.md) | +1.8% | -0.5% |

## Sources

- thehindubusinessline.com: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/from-maize-to-coffee-el-nino-likely-to-affect-various-crops-across-the-world/article71631559.ece

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