# With increasing climate-related threats, farmers gear up for adaptation

> A feature article describes Indian farmers adapting to increasing climate-related threats, including heat and erratic rain affecting wheat. It notes that the expected El Nino could cause drought-like conditions and that India may need to import wheat.

- Date: 2023-04-04 · published 2023-04-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36364-with-increasing-climate-related-threats-farmers-gear-up-for-adaptation
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Expected El Nino-driven drought risk in a major wheat producer could eventually raise import demand, but the piece offers no concrete near-term supply change.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2022-10-10 | [Threat of food inflation looms as India grapples with delayed heavy rains](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39075-threat-of-food-inflation-looms-as-india-grapples-with-delayed-heavy-rains.md) | -0.5% | +2.9% |
| RICE | 2019-12-24 | [A year of woes for farmers despite good monsoon - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55560-a-year-of-woes-for-farmers-despite-good-monsoon-the-hindubusinessline.md) | +1.7% | +5.5% |
| RICE | 2017-05-04 | [Reinventing Rice for a World Transformed by Climate Change \| MIT Technology Review](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10810-reinventing-rice-for-a-world-transformed-by-climate-change-mit-technology-review.md) | +4.4% | +14.7% |
| RICE | 2019-03-19 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| 2019 March Quick Look](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60007-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-2019-march-quick.md) | +4.2% | -1.5% |
| RICE | 2023-07-06 | [Rice to get costlier as weather, India's farm perks threaten supply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35133-rice-to-get-costlier-as-weather-india-s-farm-perks-threaten-supply.md) | +5.1% | -12.8% |
| WHEAT | 2020-06-22 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| June Climate Briefing: La Niña Odds Increasing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52520-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-june-climate.md) | +2.0% | -3.5% |
| WHEAT | 2026-02-10 | [Wheat production: anticipating climate risks in France up to 2100 \| INRAE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20526-wheat-production-anticipating-climate-risks-in-france-up-to-2100-inrae.md) | +1.9% | +6.3% |
| WHEAT | 2025-08-12 | [With Chances of a La Niña Increasing, What Would This Mean For Coffee?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23245-with-chances-of-a-la-nina-increasing-what-would-this-mean-for-coffee.md) | +2.8% | -0.0% |

## Sources

- india.mongabay.com: https://india.mongabay.com/2023/04/with-increasing-climate-related-threats-farmers-gear-up-for-adaptation/

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