El Niño, Iran war impact seen slashing PH, Asia rice yields

SINGAPORE — The expected onset of the El Niño climate phenomenon later this year and the spike in prices of fertilizer caused by the war in the Middle East are raising the possibility that farmers in the Philippines and the rest of Asia will produce less rice this year and the next. Some planters may even be forced to stop rice farming altogether because of the surge in production costs. Yvonne Pinto, director general of the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute, told the Inquirer in an interview here on the sidelines of the Philanthropy Asia Summit 2026 that in the […]... Keep on reading: El Niño, Iran war impact seen slashing PH, Asia rice yields

Original source: Philippine Daily Inquirer