# Coffee growers in Chungui protect their crops against El Niño climate risks

> Women's coffee producers in Chungui, in Peru's La Mar province, are avoiding crop burning, skipping herbicides and keeping trees on slopes to limit erosion from expected heavy rains linked to El Niño.

- Date: 2026-11-02 · published 2026-11-03T00:15:45.125Z
- Category: weather · region Peru · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/76512-coffee-growers-in-chungui-protect-their-crops-against-el-nino-climate-risks
- 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

This is a small, local adaptation effort with no clear effect on global coffee or feed-commodity supply or prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-02-19 | [Maryland Today \| Growing Climate Risks to Crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60452-maryland-today-growing-climate-risks-to-crops.md) | +0.2% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2017-05-19 | [El Niño again? This is why it’s hard to tell. \| Climate Change](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70915-el-nino-again-this-is-why-it-s-hard-to-tell-climate-change.md) | +1.3% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2020-10-23 | [The Rise of El Niño and La Niña \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50568-the-rise-of-el-nino-and-la-nina-noaa-climate-gov.md) | +0.8% | +10.6% |
| CORN | 2023-06-02 | [El Niño already affects climate in corn producing areas - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13643-el-nino-already-affects-climate-in-corn-producing-areas-revista-cultivar.md) | -1.5% | -3.9% |
| CORN | 2018-10-06 | [How to prepare for an El Niño winter \| Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62472-how-to-prepare-for-an-el-nino-winter-climate-and-agriculture-in-the-southeast.md) | -0.3% | -0.4% |
| SOY | 2019-02-19 | [Maryland Today \| Growing Climate Risks to Crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60452-maryland-today-growing-climate-risks-to-crops.md) | +0.5% | -0.2% |
| SOY | 2017-05-19 | [El Niño again? This is why it’s hard to tell. \| Climate Change](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70915-el-nino-again-this-is-why-it-s-hard-to-tell-climate-change.md) | -0.6% | -0.6% |
| SOY | 2020-10-23 | [The Rise of El Niño and La Niña \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50568-the-rise-of-el-nino-and-la-nina-noaa-climate-gov.md) | -2.0% | +9.7% |

## Sources

- portalayacucho.com: https://portalayacucho.com/cafetaleras-de-chungui-protegen-sus-cultivos-ante-riesgos-climaticos-asociados-a-el-nino/ciudad/

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