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If you read further down in the article, China is suffering from a drought that’s been the worse in decades Edit monsoon not drought. Thanks s1artibartfast “I

If you read further down in the article, China is suffering from a drought that’s been the worse in decades Edit monsoon not drought. Thanks s1artibartfast “In the second half of last year, swaths of farmland in the world’s largest rice producer China were plagued by heavy summer monsoon rains and floods. The accumulated rainfall in the country’s Guangxi and Guangdong province, China’s major hubs of rice production, was the second highest in at least 20 years, according to agriculture analytics company Gro Intelligence. Similarly, Pakistan — which represents 7.6% of global rice trade — saw annual production plunge 31% year-on-year due to severe flooding last year, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), labeling the impact as ‘even worse than initially expected.’” Reading further, I’m not sure why Ukraine is mentioned either since their major food export is wheat and not rice

s1artibartfast 4y ago
Point of clarification, China is suffering from monsoon, not drought
- neverartful 4y ago
  The country's land mass is big enough that it's possible for both to be true, no?
  - s1artibartfast 4y ago
    Possible, but article actually supports one reason and not the other. >The accumulated rainfall in the country’s Guangxi and Guangdong province, China’s major hubs of rice production, was the second highest in at least 20 years,
hef19898 4y ago
One thing I could think of spontaniously is this: Ukraine is exporting less (they seemed to recover, but markets and the bullwhip effect don't care rigjt away), so shortfall of Ukrainian grain has to be compensated and rice is one such alternative. As a result some of the grain shortages are causing rice shortages. Throw in problems in China and the situation gets really confusing and complex.
photochemsyn 4y ago
It's really a combination of drought in some regions and monsoon in others, both being pushed to extremes by fossil-fueled global warming: https://www.gro-intelligence.com/insights/china-drought-threatens-to-reduce-rice-wheat-cotton-production https://www.gro-intelligence.com/insights/china-drought-thre... > "(Aug 22) China has issued a nationwide drought warning as the country copes with scant rainfall and one of the most severe heat waves in six decades. The harsh weather is stressing rice and wheat crops and could force China to increase imports of these important grains....In addition, soil moisture levels are at a 12-year low, and Gro’s Drought Index reading is elevated. " https://www.gro-intelligence.com/insights/extreme-weather-menaces-china-s-rice-growing-regions https://www.gro-intelligence.com/insights/extreme-weather-me... > "(Jun 2022) Typically, China's rainy season occurs from May to September, and this year’s season is already off to an extreme start. The accumulated rainfall in Guangxi, Guangdong, and Fujian is the second highest in at least 20 years, and some regions, such as Guangdong and Guangxi, have experienced double the average daily precipitation for the May to June period..." These extreme fluctuations in drought and flood are not going away, of course, and will continue to get worse over the next 100 years.
- BigCryo 4y ago
  Also climate change and environmental racism are to blame most likely

s1artibartfast 4y ago

Point of clarification, China is suffering from monsoon, not drought

neverartful 4y ago
The country's land mass is big enough that it's possible for both to be true, no?
- s1artibartfast 4y ago
  Possible, but article actually supports one reason and not the other. >The accumulated rainfall in the country’s Guangxi and Guangdong province, China’s major hubs of rice production, was the second highest in at least 20 years,

hef19898 4y ago

One thing I could think of spontaniously is this: Ukraine is exporting less (they seemed to recover, but markets and the bullwhip effect don't care rigjt away), so shortfall of Ukrainian grain has to be compensated and rice is one such alternative. As a result some of the grain shortages are causing rice shortages. Throw in problems in China and the situation gets really confusing and complex.

photochemsyn 4y ago

It's really a combination of drought in some regions and monsoon in others, both being pushed to extremes by fossil-fueled global warming: https://www.gro-intelligence.com/insights/china-drought-threatens-to-reduce-rice-wheat-cotton-production https://www.gro-intelligence.com/insights/china-drought-thre... > "(Aug 22) China has issued a nationwide drought warning as the country copes with scant rainfall and one of the most severe heat waves in six decades. The harsh weather is stressing rice and wheat crops and could force China to increase imports of these important grains....In addition, soil moisture levels are at a 12-year low, and Gro’s Drought Index reading is elevated. " https://www.gro-intelligence.com/insights/extreme-weather-menaces-china-s-rice-growing-regions https://www.gro-intelligence.com/insights/extreme-weather-me... > "(Jun 2022) Typically, China's rainy season occurs from May to September, and this year’s season is already off to an extreme start. The accumulated rainfall in Guangxi, Guangdong, and Fujian is the second highest in at least 20 years, and some regions, such as Guangdong and Guangxi, have experienced double the average daily precipitation for the May to June period..." These extreme fluctuations in drought and flood are not going away, of course, and will continue to get worse over the next 100 years.

BigCryo 4y ago
Also climate change and environmental racism are to blame most likely