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La Nina’s impact on the food supply chain

Resilinc

How much will La Niña increase precipitation in Asia? But growing conditions took “a dramatic turn” in December, with dryness attributed to La Niña setting in across southern Brazil and Argentina, according to Reuters market analyst Karen Braun. Food supply chains may be as unsteady as the wobbling Jenga blocks that Ghandi described.

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Food Security and National Security

Enterra Insights

They are very important regions in the world because they greatly contribute to the global food supply.”[2] ”[2] According to McKinsey & Company analysts, there are six recognized world breadbaskets: Brazil/Argentina, United States/Canada, Northwestern Europe, Northern India, China/Southeast Asia, and Russia/Ukraine.[3]

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Q&A with Sidney Johnson: Veteran Supply Chain Practitioner and Resilinc Advisory Board Member

Resilinc

As an accomplished Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer, Johnson has served on multiple board committees, including the National Minority Development Council, the International Trade Centre (a joint agency between the World Trade Organization and the United Nations), and the Institute for Supply Management.

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Can the Latin America and Caribbean Region Use Nearshoring to Become a Supply Chain Hub?

MIT Supply Chain

As companies look to restructure their global supply chains in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and other disruptive forces, the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has an opportunity to become the next manufacturing and logistics hub. The region could capitalize on the nearshoring trend given its nearness to US markets.

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How Much Can We Learn from the Last Super El Niño?

Elementum

Here’s what can we learn from the most extreme to date, which impacted supply chains from 1997 to 1998. A strong El Niño can cause drought in Australia, Southeast Asia, and South America—while inundating North America with rain. Factories in Southeast Asia were forced to stop production during extreme droughts.

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“Too Big to Fail”: 10 Things you Need to Know About El Niño

Elementum

Deemed “too big to fail” by NASA , the weather event will impact supply chains at every stage. As the event starts to take effect, here are ten things you should know about how different weather systems will impact your supply chain. Typhoons can disrupt air and ship travel in Southeast Asia.

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Supplier Financial Health: Don’t Wait for the Worst, Reach out and Talk!

Supply Chain View from the Field

example is the default of Argentina and the associated immediate spread widening on debt of other South American countries (most notably Brazil), as well in the business context of buyer and supplier firms. This updating leads to “contagious” jumps in credit spreads of business partners, and can rapidly spread.An

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