# 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

> FAO's El Nino Anticipatory Action and Response Plan for August to December 2023 says there is a greater than 90 percent chance El Nino continues through year-end. It forecasts a moderate to strong event into 2024 with heightened drought and flood risk.

- Date: 2023-08-07 · published 2023-08-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34472-el-nino-anticipatory-action-and-response-plan-august-december-2023-mitigating
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

A prolonged El Nino raises the risk of crop losses in Asia, Australia and Southern Africa, supporting grain and oilseed prices over the coming seasons.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- RICE: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2019-03-22 | [vDouglas: Weather outlooks shows continued El Niño around the world – Wyoming Livestock Roundup](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60010-vdouglas-weather-outlooks-shows-continued-el-nino-around-the-world-wyoming.md) | -0.6% | -0.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-05-01 | [The impacts of COVID-19 on livestock and red meat markets \| Meat & Livestock Australia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53084-the-impacts-of-covid-19-on-livestock-and-red-meat-markets-meat-and-livestock.md) | +3.2% | +16.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-07-29 | [Beef Market Update: Quiet trade week as we get closer to the halfway point of summer - RealAgriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64172-beef-market-update-quiet-trade-week-as-we-get-closer-to-the-halfway-point-of.md) | +0.5% | -2.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-11-30 | [Western Snow Season 2022-23 Preview: A Look at Water Supplies and the Winter Outlook in 10 Maps \| November 30, 2022 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38581-western-snow-season-2022-23-preview-a-look-at-water-supplies-and-the-winter.md) | -0.3% | +1.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-03-18 | [Here’s One Way Satellite Observations Can Alert Farmers and Ranchers to Impending Flash Droughts \| NESDIS \| National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59920-here-s-one-way-satellite-observations-can-alert-farmers-and-ranchers-to.md) | -0.2% | -2.1% |
| WHEAT | 2019-01-03 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| December Climate Briefing: Atmosphere Resists El Niño  Participation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61020-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-december-climate.md) | +1.2% | +3.7% |
| WHEAT | 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) | -1.3% | -1.6% |
| WHEAT | 2023-04-27 | [Threat of El Niño looms, FAO prepares anticipatory actions with Members and partners](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36313-threat-of-el-nino-looms-fao-prepares-anticipatory-actions-with-members-and.md) | +1.1% | -2.6% |

## Sources

- reliefweb.int: https://reliefweb.int/report/world/el-nino-anticipatory-action-and-response-plan-august-december-2023-mitigating-expected-impacts-el-nino-induced-climate-extremes-agriculture-and-food-security
- natureworldnews.com: https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/57839/20230809/invasive-cattle-screwworm-fly-outbreak-panama-border-halts-transport-infested.htm

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