# Agricultural production threatened by combination of drought and high input prices in many countries - Joint Research Centre

> The JRC's May ASAP assessment finds production threatened in parts of Southern and East Africa and North Africa by drought and high input prices. Output is expected to fall in Mozambique, Madagascar and Malawi, while South Africa's maize is slightly above average. About 40 million people in the region are forecast to face crisis-level food insecurity in 2022.

- Date: 2022-06-07 · published 2022-06-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Southern Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40864-agricultural-production-threatened-by-combination-of-drought-and-high-input
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Lower regional maize output and high fertilizer costs increase import demand from the region. The effect on global grain prices is modest given the size of these markets.

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| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| CORN | 2025-06-23 | [Escalating drought threatens Europe's ecosystems and agriculture - Joint Research Centre](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24141-escalating-drought-threatens-europe-s-ecosystems-and-agriculture-joint-research.md) | -1.5% | -3.7% |
| CORN | 2019-02-18 | [UMD Researchers and Alums Pioneer Innovative New Agricultural Productivity Analyses with Insight into Climate Change \| College of Agriculture & Natural Resources at UMD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60453-umd-researchers-and-alums-pioneer-innovative-new-agricultural-productivity.md) | +0.0% | -0.2% |
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| CORN | 2018-07-20 | [Drought: A Conversation with Esteban Copati, Head of the Agricultural Estimates Department in the Bolsas de Cereales of Argentina \| Wilson Center](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63874-drought-a-conversation-with-esteban-copati-head-of-the-agricultural-estimates.md) | -1.7% | -0.3% |
| SOY | 2019-02-18 | [UMD Researchers and Alums Pioneer Innovative New Agricultural Productivity Analyses with Insight into Climate Change \| College of Agriculture & Natural Resources at UMD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60453-umd-researchers-and-alums-pioneer-innovative-new-agricultural-productivity.md) | +0.5% | -0.2% |
| SOY | 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) | +0.9% | +5.3% |
| SOY | 2018-07-20 | [Drought: A Conversation with Esteban Copati, Head of the Agricultural Estimates Department in the Bolsas de Cereales of Argentina \| Wilson Center](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63874-drought-a-conversation-with-esteban-copati-head-of-the-agricultural-estimates.md) | +1.8% | +4.7% |

## Sources

- joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu: https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and-updates/agricultural-production-threatened-combination-drought-and-high-input-prices-many-countries-2022-06-07_en

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