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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: Family Farming Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Water for Agriculture Territorial Management
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

Losses Ecuador FEN 1998

10/01/2024 Go to Evidence

US$ 112.3 million in losses were estimated for the agricultural and construction sectors in Ecuador with the El Niño Phenomenon of 1997-1998 (IDB, 2024).

US$ 112.3 millones en pérdidas se estimó para los sectores agrícolas y de construcción en Ecuador con el Fenómeno del Niño de 1997-1998 (BID, 2024)

BID, 2024. Efectos del fenómeno “El Niño” en la Región Andina: una aproximación empírica

Tag: ElNiño
Country: Ecuador
Sector: Environment and natural resources
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture

El Niño Phenomenon

10/01/2024 Go to Evidence

1.7 percentage points would be the average decrease in annual growth in Peru due to the El Niño Phenomenon (IDB, 2024).

1,7 puntos porcentuales sería la disminución promedio del crecimiento anual en Perú por el Fenómeno del Niño (BID, 2024)

BID, 2024. Efectos del fenómeno “El Niño” en la Región Andina: una aproximación empírica

Tag: ElNiño
Country: Peru
Sector: Environment and natural resources
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture

El Niño Phenomenon

10/01/2024 Go to Evidence

Between -2.2 and -1.3 percentage points would be the impact on the growth of Ecuador and Peru as a consequence of an episode of the El Niño Phenomenon (IDB, 2024).

Entre -2.2 y -1.3 puntos porcentuales sería el impacto en el crecimiento de Ecuador y Perú como consecuencia de un episodio del Fenómeno del Niño (BID, 2024)

BID, 2024. Efectos del fenómeno “El Niño” en la Región Andina: una aproximación empírica

Tag: ElNiño
Country: Ecuador Peru
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration