“Never work with children or animals” is the classic advice given to those considering a career in television, but Ecuador’s shrimp farmers don't have that luxury. Not only do they have millions of shrimp to look after, but they also have sporadic visits from El Niño and La Niña – “the boy” and “the girl”– climatic phenomena that bring very different weather patterns in their wakes. Today’s feature by Kontali's Erwin Termaat explains how shrimp farming is affected by the two different cycles and might help farmers in other countries deal with increasingly unpredictable conditions.