by Stefano Vecchia An exceptional heat wave linked to El Niño is negatively impacting the cost of food staples. Rice now costs 52 pesos per kilo, an anomaly at this time of the
“Many crops, especially those highly dependent on water supply, will be badly affected.” While many of us may have gotten through college or times when money was tight
El Niño has started to cause some concerns in Asia, and it’s a strained rice market that’s facing the first test from the weather phenomenon The Asian benchmark for rice has