# Indonesia prepares measures to protect rice harvest from La Nina – Rice Today

> Indonesia's Ministry of Agriculture has set up precautionary measures against La Nina, which is predicted to arrive in the fourth quarter of 2021. The plan includes flood-vulnerability mapping and an early warning system.

- Date: 2021-09-21 · published 2021-09-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Indonesia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44988-indonesia-prepares-measures-to-protect-rice-harvest-from-la-nina-rice-today
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Flooding risk to Indonesian rice could cut domestic output and raise import demand, a modest bullish factor for rice prices.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2024-02-01 | [Indonesia's January drought points to lower rice harvest, higher imports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31742-indonesia-s-january-drought-points-to-lower-rice-harvest-higher-imports.md) | +3.5% | +0.0% |
| RICE | 2017-05-08 | [Agriculture minister to CMs: ‘Review measures to handle possible monsoon failure’ \| India.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70986-agriculture-minister-to-cms-review-measures-to-handle-possible-monsoon-failure.md) | +6.3% | +14.8% |
| RICE | 2020-10-23 | [Flooding slows rice harvest in Asian hubs, pushes up domestic rates in Bangladesh \| Prothom Alo](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50687-flooding-slows-rice-harvest-in-asian-hubs-pushes-up-domestic-rates-in.md) | +2.0% | +1.8% |
| RICE | 2023-05-15 | [Rice markets in South and Southeast Asia face stresses from El Niño, export restrictions \| IFPRI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35867-rice-markets-in-south-and-southeast-asia-face-stresses-from-el-nino-export.md) | -6.6% | +7.6% |
| RICE | 2017-09-13 | [Patchy monsoon clouds prospects for bumper harvest repeat this year \| Business News - The Indian Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68940-patchy-monsoon-clouds-prospects-for-bumper-harvest-repeat-this-year-business.md) | +0.7% | -5.3% |

## Sources

- ricetoday.irri.org: https://ricetoday.irri.org/indonesia-prepares-measures-to-protect-rice-harvest-from-la-nina/

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