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Community alert prevented deaths
19 people, mostly women farmers, operate the Community Hydroclimatic Monitoring Network in southern Ahuachapán, El Salvador; during Tropical Storm Julia, an alert issued after more than six hours of rain enabled vulnerable families to evacuate two h... -
Only 6% of budgets prevent future risks
83% of disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean are related to climate hazards, but only 6% of the regional risk-management budget is allocated to preventing future risks and 16% to reducing existing risks. -
1.7 million disaster displacements
1.7 million new internal displacements caused by disasters were recorded in 2024 in Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, Haiti and Ecuador alone, according to the 2025 Global Report on Internal Displacement cited by the source.
Public or institutional purchases or procurement of food
Public food purchases are a policy instrument used in several countries in the Americas. These purchases aim to link the demand for food from public institutions with small local farmers and small and medium-sized food businesses. This is done to move towards achieving social, economic and environmental goals, as part of a broader strategy to achieve sustainable food systems and healthy diets.
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Community alert prevented deaths
19 people, mostly women farmers, operate the Community Hydroclimatic Monitoring Network in southern Ahuachapán, El Salvador; during Tropical Storm Julia, an alert issued after more than six hours of rain enabled vulnerable families to evacuate two hours before the rivers overflowed, with no loss of life.
Only 6% of budgets prevent future risks
83% of disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean are related to climate hazards, but only 6% of the regional risk-management budget is allocated to preventing future risks and 16% to reducing existing risks.
1.7 million disaster displacements
1.7 million new internal displacements caused by disasters were recorded in 2024 in Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, Haiti and Ecuador alone, according to the 2025 Global Report on Internal Displacement cited by the source.
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Investments and Public Expenditure
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Brazil: Public Rice Purchases to Build Stocks and Mitigate El Niño Impacts
Public initiative authorizing Brazil's National Supply Company to purchase long fine paddy rice from the 2025/2026 crop through public auctions to build public stocks. The measure provides up to R$500 million for purchases intended to mitigate impacts associated with the El Niño phenomenon. Operations may take place in rice-producing states where the market price calculated by Conab exceeds the current minimum price. The maximum purchase price will be 125 percent of the applicable minimum price. Rural producers and producer cooperatives may participate.
Brazil: Extraordinary credit for food supply and food security in response to El Niño 2026-2027
Public expenditure intervention financed through an extraordinary credit of BRL 924,985,960 to strengthen food supply and food security in response to risks associated with El Niño in 2026-2027. Resources finance public food stocks managed by Conab, emergency food distribution, and the acquisition and distribution of products from family farming through the Food Acquisition Program.
NutriHarvest Project: Nourishing and Resilient Communities
The NutriHarvest project is a 36-month initiative supported by Cargill and executed by HarvestPlus to improve access to nutritious food and strengthen farmers’ livelihoods in India, Kenya, Tanzania, and Guatemala. It aims to increase the production and consumption of biofortified and opportunity crops, as well as enhance backyard poultry production, particularly among women. Through school feeding programs and strengthened local value chains, NutriHarvest promotes food and nutrition security and dietary diversity. The initiative will deliver over 17 million nutritious meals and directly benefit more than 119,000 farmers. It adopts an ecosystem approach to build sustainable livelihoods and food system resilience.
Policy frameworks
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Brazil: Ordinance Allocates up to R$500 Million for Rice Purchases and Public Stocks
Interministerial Ordinance MDA/MAPA/MF No. 20 of 2026 authorizes Brazil's National Supply Company to purchase long fine paddy rice from the 2025/2026 crop through public auctions to build public stocks. The measure allocates up to R$500 million for purchases intended to mitigate impacts associated with the El Niño phenomenon. Purchases may take place in rice-producing states where the market price calculated by Conab exceeds the current minimum price. The maximum purchase price will be 125 percent of the applicable minimum price, and rural producers and producer cooperatives may participate.
Brazil: Provisional Measure No. 1,384 of 2026 - Extraordinary credit for food supply and food security
Provisional Measure No. 1,384 of 2026 opens an extraordinary credit of BRL 924,985,960 for the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming and the Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger. Of the total, BRL 849,786,560 is allocated to public food stock formation through the National Supply Company (Conab); BRL 61,969,400 to food distribution for traditional and specific population groups and families experiencing food insecurity due to emergencies or public calamities; and BRL 13,230,000 to the acquisition and distribution of food from family farming to promote food and nutrition security.
Brazil Family Farming Harvest Plan 2025-2026
Brazil's 2025-2026 Family Farming Harvest Plan allocates 89 billion Brazilian reais to rural credit, public procurement, agricultural insurance, technical assistance, and minimum price guarantees to strengthen family farming, food security, and local economies. Of the total amount announced, 78.2 billion reais are allocated through the National Program for Strengthening Family Farming, Pronaf. The Plan maintains preferential financing rates of 3 percent for the production of essential foods and 2 percent for organic or ecological production, while introducing credit lines for ecological agriculture, sustainable irrigation, and climate change adaptation. It also includes rural connectivity and accessibility measures and the National Program for the Reduction of Pesticides, focused on research, residue monitoring, technical assistance, and the expanded use of biological inputs.
Good practices
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Solidarity Communities
Solidarity Communities is an intervention that seeks to provide comprehensive care to families and people facing higher levels of poverty and social exclusion in urban and rural areas of the country. It is a government program that seeks to materialize the effective exercise of population rights and is contained within the Universal Social Protection System. It comprises non-contributory interventions that allow expanding basic capacities and promoting equal opportunities for people, communities and households in conditions of extreme poverty and social exclusion. It is developed through four strategic axes: human capital, basic social infrastructure, income generation and territorial management.
Design and Implementation of National Food and Nutrition Education Strategy to Improve Healthy School Environments and Support Regulatory Frameworks Related to El Salvador's School Feeding and Health Program
The TCP/ELS/3802 project developed a national food and nutrition education strategy to address the triple burden of malnutrition in El Salvador, including micronutrient deficiencies, chronic and acute malnutrition, as well as overweight and obesity. The initiative strengthened technical capacities of MINEDUCYT and the educational community through virtual diplomas that trained 2,650 teachers across the country's 14 departments. A draft School Feeding Law and the Healthy and Sustainable School Feeding Strategy (EAESS) were developed to institutionalize the right to adequate food for children and adolescents. The project promoted healthy school environments by integrating food and nutrition education, school gardens, diversified menus, and linkages with local markets to improve sustainable eating behaviors.
PAESA in Focus
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