# Managing El Nino-related crop distress in ESA – SIMLESA

> CIMMYT experts call for scaling up climate-resilient seeds and climate-smart practices to manage crop distress caused by El Niño in Eastern and Southern Africa. The report gives no new crop loss figures.

- Date: 2019-06-27 · published 2019-06-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Eastern and Southern Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58503-managing-el-nino-related-crop-distress-in-esa-simlesa
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Drought stress in Eastern and Southern Africa can cut local maize output and raise import demand, though the effect on world feed grain prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-04-17 | [To manage El Nino-related crop distress in eastern and southern Africa, invest in drought-tolerant seeds and better soil and water care – CIMMYT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59511-to-manage-el-nino-related-crop-distress-in-eastern-and-southern-africa-invest.md) | -1.9% | +0.2% |
| CORN | 2019-07-15 | [Flash Drought and Crop Stress Concerns \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57919-flash-drought-and-crop-stress-concerns-integrated-crop-management.md) | -2.6% | -7.4% |
| CORN | 2018-01-24 | [Strengthening La Nina May Stress Argentina Crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66925-strengthening-la-nina-may-stress-argentina-crops.md) | +1.0% | +1.6% |
| CORN | 2024-05-07 | [Rain Slowing Crop Progress in Iowa - Morning Ag Clips](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30303-rain-slowing-crop-progress-in-iowa-morning-ag-clips.md) | +0.6% | -0.4% |
| CORN | 2023-09-15 | [El Nino farming stress will have wide economic impacts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34000-el-nino-farming-stress-will-have-wide-economic-impacts.md) | -7.1% | -4.6% |

## Sources

- simlesa.cimmyt.org: https://simlesa.cimmyt.org/media-report/to-manage-el-nino-related-crop-distress-in-eastern-and-southern-africa-invest-in-drought-tolerant-seeds-and-better-soil-and-water-care/

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