The El Niño Climate Anomaly – Impact on Food Security in the Asia-Pacific Region

... in the more westerly zones affected by El Niño, causing that crop’s prices to increase too. Given its importance in many Asian diets, it is the increased scarcity and higher prices of rice that are likely to have the greatest impact on food security overall. Food supplies in South and South-east Asia are expected to be among the worst affected by climate change too, due to rising sea levels, coastal flooding and saltwater intrusion, potentially affecting some 3.5 to 5 million people....