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Irrigation

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September 2026

Challenges & Material Risks Exporters

Colombia’s Hass Avocado Growers Between a Flowering Shock and El Niño: Water, Credit and European Provenance

The 2026 traviesa harvest fell roughly 50–60 percent after rain-disrupted flowering and heat, and El Niño now threatens the November–March main crop. Bogotá has answered with loan rescheduling and water-infrastructure credit; Dutch buyers are specifying indicators. Q3 2026; 92 days to the EUDR clock for large and medium operators, which does not cover avocados.

ColombiaHass avocadoEl NiñoIrrigation
Challenges & Material Risks Exporters

Robusta’s Dry Season: Vietnam’s Central Highlands Need Water Ledgers Farmers Still Own

VnExpress and USDA put El Niño and below-normal early-2026 rainfall on Vietnam’s coffee belt. Irrigation that lifts yield can drain groundwater. FAO WaPOR drought monitoring is useful public infrastructure — stewardship is whether plot water files stay with growers before EUDR and offtake capture the climate narrative.

VietnamCoffeeDroughtEl Niño
Challenges & Material Risks Cooperatives

Third Drought in Five Years: UK Horticulture Needs Reservoirs and Soil Files, Not Regen Theatre

August’s £65m drought package puts up to £15m behind on-farm reservoirs for irrigation while Barclays’ farm survey shows drought already hitting three-quarters of climate-affected growers. Soft fruit, salad and carrot hectares need regenerative water retention — and observation that stays with the farm, not the offtaker brand.

United KingdomHorticultureDroughtIrrigation

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