The “super” El Niño weather event could see global agricultural output take a $342bn (£260bn) hit, and pose a critical threat to the world’s 500 million smallholder farmers, new research suggests.
El Niño events affect weather patterns globally – and the stronger they are, the more disruptive they can be to human health, agriculture and infrastructure. Forecasters currently suggest that by the winter, this event will become a “very strong” El Niño, sometimes also know as a “super El Niño”.
