# Drought-warning tool to help Central American farmers: U.N.

> A new weather monitoring system is being introduced to improve drought forecasting in Central America, following the 2015-2016 drought that decimated harvests. The FAO says the tool combines land-use maps and crop calendars to target low-rainfall areas.

- Date: 2017-08-02 · published 2017-08-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Central America · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69378-drought-warning-tool-to-help-central-american-farmers-u-n
- 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 system is a regional early-warning tool with no immediate supply effect, so it has negligible impact on global grain or feed prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-02-13 | [Floods, drought, trade wars - trying to understand risk in a sea of uncertainty - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60546-floods-drought-trade-wars-trying-to-understand-risk-in-a-sea-of-uncertainty.md) | -1.4% | -3.4% |
| CORN | 2024-10-22 | [Drought opens “rain hunting” in Central-West](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13539-drought-opens-rain-hunting-in-central-west.md) | -0.0% | +2.2% |
| CORN | 2018-04-03 | [Argentine drought hits farmers hard, undermining economy \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65362-argentine-drought-hits-farmers-hard-undermining-economy-ap-news.md) | +0.7% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2023-03-15 | [Farmers watching the clock for drought buster - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13290-farmers-watching-the-clock-for-drought-buster-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.6% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2023-06-22 | [Central US drought intensifies, threatening grains and soy \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9769-central-us-drought-intensifies-threatening-grains-and-soy-reuters.md) | -8.7% | -14.9% |
| SOY | 2018-03-05 | [South American drought helping to increase local canola prices -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65972-south-american-drought-helping-to-increase-local-canola-prices.md) | -3.0% | -2.4% |
| SOY | 2024-10-22 | [Drought opens “rain hunting” in Central-West](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13539-drought-opens-rain-hunting-in-central-west.md) | -0.7% | +2.9% |
| SOY | 2018-04-03 | [Argentine drought hits farmers hard, undermining economy \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65362-argentine-drought-hits-farmers-hard-undermining-economy-ap-news.md) | +1.1% | +0.2% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-latam-drought-farming-idUSKBN1AI1S8/

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