El Niño Drives Southern African Millers to Seek Brazil Corn
- Zimbabwe grain millers will be sending delegation to Brazil
- Dry weather withers crops across southern African region
A farmer picks corn during a harvest at a farm in Brazil.
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Zimbabwe is considering importing corn from Brazil for the first time since 2014 as the El Niño weather pattern withers crops in the country and its neighbors.
The dry spell triggered by the phenomenon has slashed South Africa’s corn crop by at least 20% and Zimbabwe’s by about 60%. Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe have declared states of national disaster because of the crop failures.