# Striking a Balance: Managing El Niño and La Niña in the East Asia and Pacific Region’s Agriculture

> A World Bank report series, Striking a Balance, models the agricultural and economic impacts of El Nino and La Nina across East Asia and the Pacific. It finds El Nino causes drought and GDP and agricultural losses, while La Nina brings floods. The reports recommend policy interventions to reduce these impacts.

- Date: 2019-12-03 · published 2019-12-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region East Asia and Pacific · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55498-striking-a-balance-managing-el-nino-and-la-nina-in-the-east-asia-and-pacific
- 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

The analysis is a policy and climate-risk study rather than a new supply shock, so it has little immediate price effect on feed grains or meal.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-01-08 | [Unpacking the agriculture market's 2023 performance and forecasting 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11087-unpacking-the-agriculture-market-s-2023-performance-and-forecasting-2024.md) | -2.2% | -2.3% |
| CORN | 2017-09-01 | [Enhancing Resilience to Extreme Climate Events: Lessons from the 2015-2016 El Niño Event in Asia and the Pacific](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69377-enhancing-resilience-to-extreme-climate-events-lessons-from-the-2015-2016-el.md) | -0.4% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2020-10-01 | [China: Evolving Demand in the World’s Largest Agricultural Import Market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50983-china-evolving-demand-in-the-world-s-largest-agricultural-import-market.md) | -0.3% | +6.4% |
| CORN | 2022-02-19 | [USDA Report On Barging And Agriculture - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16727-usda-report-on-barging-and-agriculture-the-waterways-journal.md) | +2.1% | +15.0% |
| CORN | 2022-04-29 | [Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41840-ministry-of-agriculture-and-rural-affairs-of-the-people-s-republic-of-china.md) | -7.1% | -3.2% |
| SOY | 2017-09-01 | [Enhancing Resilience to Extreme Climate Events: Lessons from the 2015-2016 El Niño Event in Asia and the Pacific](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69377-enhancing-resilience-to-extreme-climate-events-lessons-from-the-2015-2016-el.md) | +2.2% | +3.4% |
| SOY | 2020-10-01 | [China: Evolving Demand in the World’s Largest Agricultural Import Market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50983-china-evolving-demand-in-the-world-s-largest-agricultural-import-market.md) | +2.7% | +3.3% |
| SOY | 2022-02-19 | [USDA Report On Barging And Agriculture - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16727-usda-report-on-barging-and-agriculture-the-waterways-journal.md) | +2.7% | +5.6% |

## Sources

- worldbank.org: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/agriculture/publication/striking-a-balance-managing-el-nino-and-la-nina-in-the-east-asia-and-pacific-regions-agriculture

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