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Southeast Asia Braces for El Niño Drought, Crop Losses
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Southeast Asia Braces for El Niño Drought, Crop Losses

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May 22, 2015
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Filipino officials have implemented a program to provide a kilo of rice to rice farmers’ families for every 10 rat tails turned in to the government, an attempt to both minimize crop losses and provide food at a time when El Niño, the recurrent weather phenomenon that cyclically disrupts production, is beginning to tighten its grip and produce drought a…

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