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Food system strong amid 'super' El Niño
Near-record inventories and stronger exporters have reduced the impact of the super El Niño, Reuters reported, as the world’s food system holds up better than before.
Near-record inventories, technological advances and the rise of key exporters such as Brazil and Russia have made the global food system more resilient to this year's "super" El Niño than similar past events.
The international food system strengthens its response mechanisms to a strong El Niño episode with greater inventories, advances in agricultural productivity, drought-resistant varieties, irrigation systems, precision agriculture and monitoring tools, considering the differentiated effects by region. FAO and WFP activate early actions to reduce productive losses and mitigate the impact on food security, given the risk that 49 million additional …