Return of El Niño brings concerns to sugarcane fields in Brazil

Published 2023년 3월 9일

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The World Meteorological Organization has announced a potential return of El Niño, a phenomenon that causes unusual warming of the Pacific Ocean, with a 15% probability between April and June and a 55% probability from June to August. This could have implications for Brazilian agricultural production, particularly sugarcane, as it could lead to wetter conditions which can disrupt the harvest rhythm and affect sugar concentration. There is caution among analysts about the potential impacts of El Niño on the availability of sugar and ethanol, and the overall availability of these products could lead to inflationary pressure on prices.

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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) for meteorology, warns of a possible return of the atmospheric phenomenon El Niño, which may occur between the months of April and June of this year. According to the agency, there is a 15% probability that El Niño will return between April and June. The odds rise to 35% between May and July, and are 55% from June to August. El Niño causes unusual warming of the waters of the Pacific Ocean in the equatorial part, raising global temperatures. In the last three years, the world has been under the influence of La Niña, which cools the waters of the Pacific in the same region and contributed to temporarily curb the increase in temperatures on the planet. READ MORE > Producers innovate in the application of fertilizers and ripeners Analysts are cautious in pointing out possible impacts of El Niño on Brazilian agricultural production, since it is still not possible to know the intensity of the ...

Source: Jornalcana