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Estimated hunger due to the effects of El Niño

09/07/2026 Go to Evidence

A scenario simulating the impact of a strong warm phase of the El Niño phenomenon suggests that export restrictions would add 21.4 million people to the number of people experiencing hunger.(Food and Agriculture Organization, 2026).

Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura. (2026). State of Agricultural Commodity Markets explores how best to cope with shocks.

Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura

Tag: ElNiño Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Food
Area: Agrifood Context

FAO Cereal Price Index (Jun-2026)

03/07/2026 Go to Evidence

It decreased by 3.5% compared to the level in May 2026. It averaged 110.2 points in June 2026. (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2026).

Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura. (2026). FAO Food Price Index.

Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Cereals and cereal products
Area: Agrifood Context

87.5 million affected by climate

02/07/2026 Go to Evidence

87.5 million people were affected in contexts where extreme weather events predominated as the main driver of acute food insecurity.

FAO, WFP y GNAFC (2026)

FAO, WFP, & GNAFC. (2026). 2026 Global Report on Food Crises: Joint analysis for better decisions. Rome: FAO & WFP. https://www.wfp.org/publications/global-report-food-crises-grfc

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition Climate_Risks Droughts Floods
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Food Multisectoral
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Agrifood Context
Instrument: Collect, analyze, disseminate and exchange data and information between countries Situation and prospective analysis (regional or international) Early warning systems
Beneficiary: Public institutions Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
Result: Impact: Food and nutritional security Food access Impact: Climate risk resilience Risk mitigation Information generation

147.4 million affected by conflict

02/07/2026 Go to Evidence

147.4 million people were affected in contexts where conflict and insecurity were the main driver of acute food insecurity.

FAO, WFP y GNAFC (2026)

FAO, WFP, & GNAFC. (2026). 2026 Global Report on Food Crises: Joint analysis for better decisions. Rome: FAO & WFP. https://www.wfp.org/publications/global-report-food-crises-grfc

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition Armed_Conflict Climate_Risks
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Food Multisectoral
Area: Agrifood Context
Instrument: Collect, analyze, disseminate and exchange data and information between countries Situation and prospective analysis (regional or international)
Beneficiary: Public institutions Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
Result: Impact: Food and nutritional security Food access Risk mitigation Information generation

266 million faced food crises

02/07/2026 Go to Evidence

266 million people in 47 countries and territories faced high levels of acute food insecurity in 2025, equivalent to 22.9% of the analyzed population.

FAO, WFP y GNAFC (2026)

FAO, WFP, & GNAFC. (2026). 2026 Global Report on Food Crises: Joint analysis for better decisions. Rome: FAO & WFP. https://www.wfp.org/publications/global-report-food-crises-grfc

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition Climate_Risks Armed_Conflict Food_Inflation
Country: World (aggregate) Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Food Multisectoral
Area: Agrifood Context
Instrument: Collect, analyze, disseminate and exchange data and information between countries Situation and prospective analysis (regional or international)
Beneficiary: Public institutions Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
Result: Impact: Food and nutritional security Food access Impact: Health and Nutrition Information generation Risk mitigation

Four sectors have preventive measures

01/07/2026 Go to Evidence

4 productive sectors, agriculture, livestock, aquaculture and fisheries, have differentiated preventive measures under Ecuador's Contingency Plan for the possible occurrence of El Niño.

Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca (2026)

Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca. (2026, 1 de julio). MAGP presenta plan de contingencia ante posible presencia de Evento El Niño. https://www.agricultura.gob.ec/magp-presenta-plan-de-contingencia-ante-posible-presencia-de-evento-el-nino/

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition Floods
Country: Ecuador
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Aquaculture and fishery products Agri-Food (total) Meat and animal products
Area: Territorial Management Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Family Farming Agrifood Context
Instrument: Strategies, plans, policies or guidelines; sectoral or national Intersectoral and interinstitucional coordination Early warning systems Strategic planning
Beneficiary: Agricultural producers Rural communities Public institutions Agricultural workers
Result: Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience Impact: Food and nutritional security Improved public policy formulation and implementation Institutional capacity building

4.99 million may need aid in Colombia

25/06/2026 Go to Evidence

Between 4.0 and 4.99 million people are expected to need humanitarian food assistance in Colombia during the projection period through January 2027 as the negative impacts of El Niño increasingly affect livelihoods. La Guajira and Chocó are expected to remain in Crisis, IPC Phase 3, due to weather shocks, localized insecurity, reduced production and income, and prices rising above general inflation.

FEWS NET (2026)

FEWS NET. (2026). Múltiples choques impulsan resultados de Crisis (Fase 3, CIF) en La Guajira y Chocó: Perspectiva de seguridad alimentaria, junio de 2026-enero de 2027. https://fews.net/es/latin-america-and-caribbean/colombia/perspectiva-de-seguridad-alimentaria/junio-2026

Tag: ElNiño Droughts Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition Climate_Risks Floods
Country: Colombia
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Environment and natural resources Meat and animal products Food
Area: Agrifood Context
Beneficiary: Rural communities Indigenous communities Agricultural producers
Result: Impact: Food and nutritional security Income improvement Food access

2.49 million need food aid in Guatemala

22/06/2026 Go to Evidence

Between 2.0 and 2.49 million people will need food assistance in Guatemala from June to September 2026, reaching the upper end of the range between July and August as food stocks decline, income sources decrease and dependence on food purchases intensifies. From October 2026 to January 2027, the population in need is expected to decline to between 1.5 and 1.99 million.

FEWS NET (2026)

FEWS NET. (2026). Reduced rainfall, high temperatures and market dependence maintain Crisis: Guatemala Food Security Outlook, June 2026-January 2027. https://fews.net/latin-america-and-caribbean/guatemala/food-security-outlook/june-2026

Tag: ElNiño Droughts Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition Climate_Risks
Country: Guatemala
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Cereals and cereal products Food
Area: Agrifood Context
Beneficiary: Rural communities Agricultural workers Agricultural producers
Result: Impact: Food and nutritional security Food access

Availability of blue food in LAC (2023)

16/06/2026 Go to Evidence

In 2023, the average per capita availability of aquatic foods (blue foods) in Latin America was 10.1 kg. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2026).

Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (2026). América Latina y el Caribe registra un superávit comercial de 21.000 millones de dólares en animales acuáticos.

Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (countries)
Sector: Aquaculture and fishery products Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products
Area: Agrifood Context