CROP PRODUCTION IN LATIN AMERICA CONTINUES TO BE AFFECTED BY EL NIÑO - 9 February 1998
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El Niño-related irregular and ill-distributed precipitation and temperature anomalies continue to affect crops in many parts of the region. In the southern areas of South America, heavy rains hampered harvesting of the 1997 wheat crop, which has just been completed. The output and quality of this crop has been adversely affected in some areas. By contrast, abundant rains have benefited the development of the 1998 maize crop to be harvested from late February. In the Andean countries, heavy rains and flooding are affecting planting of the 1998 cereal crops in various parts, while drought is severely affecting crops in other zones. In the central parts of the sub-region, abnormally high temperatures prevail from the Andes eastward to the Atlantic seaboard, posing a serious threat to planting of the 1998 maize crop in some parts. Reflecting the impact of El Niño, the aggregate cereal import requirements in the 1997/98 marketing year are anticipated to increase significantly from the pr evious year’s level of 30 million tonnes.