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