# El Niño: Anticipatory Action and Response Plan, October 2023 - March 2024 - Mitigating the expected impacts of El Niño-induced climate extremes on agriculture and food security - World | ReliefWeb

> FAO has issued an anticipatory action plan for October 2023 to March 2024 to address El Niño impacts on agriculture and food security. Forecasts show a greater than 80% chance El Niño persists through March-May 2024, with strength comparable to the six strongest events on record. The plan calls for urgent funding for identified at-risk countries.

- Date: 2023-11-03 · published 2023-11-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/33097-el-nino-anticipatory-action-and-response-plan-october-2023-march-2024
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

A strong El Niño raises the risk of drought in southern Africa, Southeast Asia and Central America and floods in other areas, which can cut maize and rice output and support prices. The humanitarian funding call itself does not move markets.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- RICE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-08-07 | [El Niño: Anticipatory Action and Response Plan, August-December 2023 - Mitigating the expected impacts of El Niño-induced climate extremes on agriculture and food security - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34472-el-nino-anticipatory-action-and-response-plan-august-december-2023-mitigating.md) | -0.9% | -2.9% |
| CORN | 2026-07-28 | [El Niño threatens agricultural production and food security across the continent; FAO advocates for timely anticipatory action](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18241-el-nino-threatens-agricultural-production-and-food-security-across-the.md) | -1.7% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2026-10-07 | [El Niño weather extremes worsen food security in East Africa and Central America and threaten next season crops in Southern Africa and South America - Joint Research Centre](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17047-el-nino-weather-extremes-worsen-food-security-in-east-africa-and-central.md) | -2.4% | -6.1% |
| CORN | 2018-07-27 | [Does the El Niño Southern Oscillation Actually Matter for Food Security? – State of the Planet](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63941-does-the-el-nino-southern-oscillation-actually-matter-for-food-security-state.md) | +0.9% | -1.9% |
| CORN | 2024-02-26 | [964. Convergence of El Niño and Expected Transition to La Niña \| Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences \| JIRCAS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31587-964-convergence-of-el-nino-and-expected-transition-to-la-nina-japan.md) | +0.5% | +7.8% |
| RICE | 2023-08-07 | [El Niño: Anticipatory Action and Response Plan, August-December 2023 - Mitigating the expected impacts of El Niño-induced climate extremes on agriculture and food security - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34472-el-nino-anticipatory-action-and-response-plan-august-december-2023-mitigating.md) | +0.3% | +4.4% |
| RICE | 2026-06-16 | [Crop Monitor Special Report: El Niño 2026-2027: Anticipated Climate and Agricultural Yield Impacts, June 16, 2026 - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18724-crop-monitor-special-report-el-nino-2026-2027-anticipated-climate-and.md) | +9.2% | +18.0% |
| RICE | 2024-01-31 | [How can El Niño cause disastrous impacts on ASEAN Plus Three’s Agricultural Production and Food Security? - Asean Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32048-how-can-el-nino-cause-disastrous-impacts-on-asean-plus-three-s-agricultural.md) | +2.2% | -1.3% |

## Sources

- reliefweb.int: https://reliefweb.int/report/world/el-nino-anticipatory-action-and-response-plan-october-2023-march-2024-mitigating-expected-impacts-el-nino-induced-climate-extremes-agriculture-and-food-security

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