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Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies

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100,000 people supported

14/05/2026 Go to Evidence

More than 100,000 people in 250 rural communities benefited from anticipatory actions implemented in nine countries during the 2023-2024 El Niño event, with increases of up to 40% in maize and bean production in some Central American countries.

World Food Programme (2026)

World Food Programme. (2026, May 14). United Nations: Latin America and the Caribbean faces increased food insecurity risks due to El Niño. https://www.wfp.org/news/united-nations-latin-america-and-caribbean-faces-increased-food-insecurity-risks-due-el-nino

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Regional_Cooperation Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate) Central America
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Cereals and cereal products Agricultural Support Services
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Water for Agriculture Family Farming Agrifood Context
Instrument: Early warning systems International technical cooperation Internacional humanitarian and Development Assistance
Beneficiary: Rural communities Family agriculture Agricultural producers Public institutions
Result: Impact: Climate risk resilience Risk mitigation Improved productivity Strengthened water resources management Impact: Food and nutritional security

486 Thousand People Exposed to Severe Drought

23/04/2024

486,000 people in rural areas of Central America faced severe drought conditions between April and November 2023, affecting the main planting and harvesting seasons due to reduced rainfall associated with the El Niño phenomenon. (WFP, 2024).

Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.

PMA. 2024

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Water_Security Droughts
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (agg. 20 countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Environment and natural resources
Area: Territorial Management Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Water for Agriculture Family Farming
Instrument: Internacional humanitarian and Development Assistance Food aid Intersectoral and interinstitucional coordination Strategies, plans, policies or guidelines; sectoral or national Studies and diagnoses
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Rural communities Agricultural producers
Result: Strengthened water resources management Impact: Food and nutritional security

Food Crisis Worsened by El Niño

23/04/2024 Go to Evidence

43.2 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean do not have sufficient access to food, in a context worsened by climate impacts associated with the El Niño phenomenon. (WFP, 2024)

Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.

PMA, 2024.

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Water_Security Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (agg. 20 countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Instrument: Internacional humanitarian and Development Assistance Food aid
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Rural communities Researchers Agricultural producers
Result: Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience Impact: Food and nutritional security

Dry Corridor Faces Food Crisis

23/04/2024 Go to Evidence

1.7 to 2.7 million people in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua may require food assistance by March 2024 due to the impacts of the El Niño phenomenon in the Central American Dry Corridor (WFP, 2024).

Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.

PMA, 2024.

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (agg. 20 countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Instrument: Internacional humanitarian and Development Assistance Food aid
Beneficiary: Researchers
Result: Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience Impact: Food and nutritional security

Drought affected thousands of hectares : Guatemala

23/04/2024 Go to Evidence

360,000 hectares in Guatemala’s Dry Corridor were affected by the lack of rainfall associated with the El Niño phenomenon, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAGA) (WFP, 2024).

PMA, 2024.

Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Guatemala
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Instrument: Internacional humanitarian and Development Assistance Food aid
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Rural communities Agricultural producers
Result: Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience Impact: Food and nutritional security

Agricultural losses exceeded 75%.

23/04/2024 Go to Evidence

25% to 75% crop losses were recorded in areas with Action Against Hunger projects in Guatemala during 2023, due to drought conditions associated with the El Niño phenomenon. Agricultural losses exceeded 75% in some affected areas.

PMA, 2024

Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Guatemala
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Instrument: Internacional humanitarian and Development Assistance
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Rural communities Agricultural producers
Result: Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience Impact: Food and nutritional security

Honduras faces a food crisis.

23/04/2024 Go to Evidence

2.4 million people in Honduras faced crisis or more severe levels of food insecurity between June and August 2023 due to below-average rainfall associated with the El Niño phenomenon (WFP, 2024).

PMA, 2024

Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Honduras
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Agrifood Context
Instrument: Internacional humanitarian and Development Assistance Food aid
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Rural communities
Result: Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience Impact: Food and nutritional security

Natural disasters

08/11/2023 Go to Evidence

$187 billion in insured losses from natural and man-made disasters were recorded in 2020, up 25% from 2019 (UNDRR, 2021).

Las pérdidas aseguradas totales de amenazas naturales y desastres inducidos por el hombre en 2020 se estimaron en $187 mil millones, un aumento del 25 por ciento respecto del 2019.

UNDRR Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres

Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Environment and natural resources
Area: Territorial Management
Instrument: Internacional humanitarian and Development Assistance
Result: Information generation

Fatalities in the agricultural sector

02/05/2020 Go to Evidence

10.7 per 100,000 workers die in the agricultural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean, the second highest mortality rate (ILO, 2020).

10,7 por cada 100.000 trabajadores son víctimas mortales en el sector agricultor en América Latina y el Caribe, siendo el segundo sector económico con mayor registro (OIT, 2020)

OIT (2020), “Agriculture: A hazardous work”, Organización Internacional del Trabajo, www.ilo.org/safework/areasofwork/hazardous-work/WCMS_110188/lang--en/index.htm.

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products
Area: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Instrument: Internacional humanitarian and Development Assistance