During a panel at Agri Week, consultancy analyst Mauricio Mucuri discussed the challenges faced by the sugar and ethanol industry in the next cycles. He mentioned that while El Niño is a random phenomenon, the standard El Niño expected should be different from the strong one experienced in 2016. Mucuri also highlighted the adverse weather conditions in 2023, such as drought in Thailand, below-average monsoons in India, and rain delays in the sugar harvest in Brazil, which pose risks for the sugarcane crop.