1.   For much of this year, rice harvests were devastated by a grinding drought blamed on the El Nino weather phenomenon.

2.   Shortages of food have also been caused by a prolonged drought that has devastated rice harvests over the past few months.

3.   The dry spell so far has devastated harvests of rice, coffee and other crops in Indonesia.

4.   The dry spell so far has devastated harvests of rice, coffee and other crops.

5.   North Korea has been hit by three years of serious flooding which has devastated its harvest and highlighted structural fault lines in its economy.

6.   The National Crop Estimates Committee said the latest estimate was slightly up on previous predictions, but the total harvest had been devastated by drought.