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Asia braces for food shortages as โ€˜super El Ninoโ€™, Iran war effects collide

Asia is entering a dangerous summer for food production as scientists warn of a โ€œsuper El Ninoโ€ suppressing rainfall while the war on Iran drives up energy and fertiliser costs for farmers. Indiaโ€™s Meteorological Department has forecast a below-average monsoon, after two successive years of above-normal rains, while in Australia โ€“ a major wheat producer and exporter โ€“ a shortage of farm inputs and persistent dryness has reportedly pushed planting acreage to a seven-year low. Farmers across South...