# Managing El Niño and La Niña in agriculture in Southeast Asia

> A CCAFS article summarizes World Bank and IFPRI country reports on how El Niño and La Niña affect agriculture in Lao PDR, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Myanmar. It offers recommendations for policymakers to prepare for future ENSO-driven floods and droughts.

- Date: 2019-11-15 · published 2019-11-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Southeast Asia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55981-managing-el-nino-and-la-nina-in-agriculture-in-southeast-asia
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

The reports highlight recurring drought and flood risk to Southeast Asian rice and other crops, which is a structural supply consideration but offers no immediate price catalyst.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2018-10-22 | [Managing El Niño And La Niña In Lao Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62469-managing-el-nino-and-la-nina-in-lao-agriculture.md) | -2.8% | -1.3% |
| RICE | 2024-07-01 | [El Niño and La Niña: Impact on Global Agriculture and What to Expect Next](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29665-el-nino-and-la-nina-impact-on-global-agriculture-and-what-to-expect-next.md) | +0.6% | -10.3% |
| RICE | 2018-05-25 | [Building ENSO-resilient agriculture in East Asia - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64965-building-enso-resilient-agriculture-in-east-asia-world-reliefweb.md) | -1.0% | +9.0% |
| RICE | 2019-08-23 | [AgroPages-Why a good monsoon may not bring good news for India's economy-Agricultural news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57553-agropages-why-a-good-monsoon-may-not-bring-good-news-for-india-s-economy.md) | +6.3% | +13.3% |
| RICE | 2025-01-24 | [La Niña: Anticipatory Action and Response Plan, January 2025 - Mitigating the expected impacts of La Niña‑induced climate extremes on agriculture and food security - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26407-la-nina-anticipatory-action-and-response-plan-january-2025-mitigating-the.md) | -6.2% | -8.4% |

## Sources

- ccafs.cgiar.org: https://ccafs.cgiar.org/news/managing-el-nino-and-la-nina-agriculture-southeast-asia

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