El Nino weather phenomenon likely to impact Thai stocks and agriculture, experts warn

BANGKOK, June 12 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): The probability of the El Niño weather phenomenon occurring in the second half of this year and continuing into early 2024 will have a major impact on agriculture

El Niño drought-related effects likely to have the biggest effects on the sugarcane-growing region of Asia, resulting in decreased sugar production, according to Bualuang Securities.

Adequate rainfall in recent years has led to lower sugar prices that have pushed the global market price of sugar to its highest point in the past 10 years at 27 cents per pound.

However, as DBS Vickers Securities (Thailand) points out, when rainfall is below normal, agricultural production is reduced. While this leads to increased selling prices and benefits farmers in the short term, a massive fall in…