time also, and it s a good level of saving for most people given the expected outlook for inflation. let s take a look at agriculture in southeast asia, and how climate change and the el nino weather patterns are affecting food production in the region. the united nations says global rice prices have surged around 30% this year. and, according to some experts, these extreme weather conditions stress the need to use more modern techniques in farming in asia. joining us now is deepak moorthy, an agriculture specialist with the consulting firm mckinsey & company. earlier who told me how climate change is acting as a change in globalfood markets. i change is acting as a change in global food markets. globalfood markets. i think as we talk about globalfood markets. i think as we talk about climate - globalfood markets. i think as we talk about climate change | global food markets. i think as l we talk about climate change in general, there are two things we see happening. number one is t