# El Niño's Rain Games: A Global Hunger Crisis?

> FEWS NET analysis links the current El Niño to shifting rainfall that could leave about 110 million people needing food assistance. Wetter conditions are expected in the southern US and Horn of Africa, while drier conditions are likely over southern Africa, Latin America, Australia and parts of Southeast Asia. Yield effects are projected across key crops.

- Date: 2023-11-01 · published 2023-11-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/33099-el-nino-s-rain-games-a-global-hunger-crisis
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Drier conditions in Southeast Asia, southern Africa and Latin America threaten crop yields and can lift global grain and rice prices. The wetter southern US outlook is a partial offset.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- RICE: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-09-28 | [Risks to global food commodity prices from El Niño](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33997-risks-to-global-food-commodity-prices-from-el-nino.md) | +1.1% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2026-04-24 | [Forecast for strong El Niño fans worries about global crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19633-forecast-for-strong-el-nino-fans-worries-about-global-crops.md) | +1.2% | +2.2% |
| CORN | 2026-04-09 | [Rising Odds of Strong El Niño Point to Global Weather and Crop Impacts - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19631-rising-odds-of-strong-el-nino-point-to-global-weather-and-crop-impacts-bloomberg.md) | +0.9% | +1.5% |
| CORN | 2026-09-10 | [Policy Backgrounder: El Niño Reshapes Global Agricultural Markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17397-policy-backgrounder-el-nino-reshapes-global-agricultural-markets.md) | +4.3% | +1.1% |
| CORN | 2017-05-19 | [El Niño again? This is why it’s hard to tell. \| Climate Change](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70915-el-nino-again-this-is-why-it-s-hard-to-tell-climate-change.md) | +1.3% | +2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2023-09-28 | [Risks to global food commodity prices from El Niño](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33997-risks-to-global-food-commodity-prices-from-el-nino.md) | -5.3% | -2.5% |
| WHEAT | 2026-04-24 | [Forecast for strong El Niño fans worries about global crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19633-forecast-for-strong-el-nino-fans-worries-about-global-crops.md) | +0.2% | +1.4% |
| WHEAT | 2026-06-01 | [Record global temperatures possible as chance of a 'super El Niño' grows](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19192-record-global-temperatures-possible-as-chance-of-a-super-el-nino-grows.md) | -2.6% | -1.5% |

## Sources

- scitechdaily.com: https://scitechdaily.com/el-ninos-rain-games-a-global-hunger-crisis/

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