# Is the Global Food Catastrophe Coming Soon?-宏观农业研究院

> A Science Advances study by Columbia University, IFPRI and Huazhong Agricultural University finds ENSO and the North Atlantic Oscillation can cause synchronous crop failures across major grain-producing regions. The research challenges the assumption that geographically distant breadbaskets rarely fail together.

- Date: 2020-07-25 · published 2020-07-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52036-is-the-global-food-catastrophe-coming-soon
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

If major exporters can fail at the same time, global stocks buffers are weaker than assumed, which supports a risk premium in grain and oilseed prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: 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 | 2021-05-13 | [A"maize"ing global support for wheat prices \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47137-a-maize-ing-global-support-for-wheat-prices-the-land-nsw.md) | -7.7% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2020-09-11 | [La Nina may disrupt global food supply  - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51042-la-nina-may-disrupt-global-food-supply-the-hindubusinessline.md) | +4.5% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2026-07-20 | [El Niño casts a shadow over agri markets, but global food fears may be overblown \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18242-el-nino-casts-a-shadow-over-agri-markets-but-global-food-fears-may-be-overblown.md) | +3.9% | +1.2% |
| 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% |
| SOY | 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) | -2.3% | -1.2% |
| SOY | 2017-08-02 | [Erratic Monsoon Rains Threaten Key Indian Grain, Food Crops - AgriBusiness Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69408-erratic-monsoon-rains-threaten-key-indian-grain-food-crops-agribusiness-global.md) | +0.4% | -3.0% |
| SOY | 2020-09-11 | [La Nina may disrupt global food supply  - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51042-la-nina-may-disrupt-global-food-supply-the-hindubusinessline.md) | +4.4% | +6.6% |

## Sources

- mari.hzau.edu.cn: https://mari.hzau.edu.cn/info/1016/2502.htm

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