| While the climate phenomenon called El Niņo has brought near-ideal growing conditions for many farmers throughout North America and South America in 2015, it has wreaked havoc on the agriculture of other countries around the Pacific Rim. From dry cattle pastures in Australia to struggling coffee farms in Vietnam, El Niņo has struck several nations in the Asia-Pacific region hard this year, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The world has been experiencing the effects of the most impactful El Niņo since the 1990s, meteorologists said. El Niņo is associated with an increase in ocean temperatures, which can lead to droughts in some areas and floods in others. Such changes in weather can have major consequences for agriculture either way...............................................Full Article: Source
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