PAESA

10.5 million exposed in the Dry Corridor

26/07/2026 Go to Evidence

10.5 million people live in the Central American Dry Corridor and depend mainly on subsistence maize and bean farming, which is highly vulnerable to El Niño.

AgroLatam.com (2026)

AgroLatam.com. (2026, 26 de julio). ¿El Niño llevará al agro de Centroamérica a una crisis alimentaria? https://www.agrolatam.com/agricultura-latam/el-nino-crisis-alimentaria-centroamerica-onu-alerta-agro/

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition Droughts

Country: Central America Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua

Sector: Cereals and cereal products Agri-Food (total)

Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Family Farming Agrifood Context

Beneficiary: Family agriculture Rural communities Agricultural producers Consumers

Result: Impact: Food and nutritional security Impact: Climate risk resilience Risk mitigation Food access

Four rainless weeks destroy crops

26/07/2026 Go to Evidence

4 weeks without rainfall were enough to destroy staple crop plantings in agricultural communities in Guatemala and El Salvador, worsening food insecurity risks.

AgroLatam.com (2026)

AgroLatam.com. (2026, 26 de julio). ¿El Niño llevará al agro de Centroamérica a una crisis alimentaria? https://www.agrolatam.com/agricultura-latam/el-nino-crisis-alimentaria-centroamerica-onu-alerta-agro/

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Droughts Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition

Country: Guatemala El Salvador Central America

Sector: Cereals and cereal products Agri-Food (total)

Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Family Farming Agrifood Context

Instrument: Food aid Early warning systems

Beneficiary: Rural communities Family agriculture Agricultural producers Consumers

Result: Impact: Food and nutritional security Risk mitigation Food access Impact: Climate risk resilience

Four countries exposed in the Dry Corridor

26/07/2026 Go to Evidence

4 Central American countries, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, contain extensive areas of the Dry Corridor exposed to prolonged droughts and extreme rainfall associated with El Niño.

AgroLatam.com (2026)

AgroLatam.com. (2026, 26 de julio). ¿El Niño llevará al agro de Centroamérica a una crisis alimentaria? https://www.agrolatam.com/agricultura-latam/el-nino-crisis-alimentaria-centroamerica-onu-alerta-agro/

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Droughts Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition Regional_Cooperation

Country: Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Central America

Sector: Agri-Food (total) Cereals and cereal products

Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Family Farming Agrifood Context

Instrument: Intersectoral and interinstitucional coordination Early warning systems International technical cooperation

Beneficiary: Rural communities Family agriculture Agricultural producers Public institutions

Result: Impact: Climate risk resilience Risk mitigation Impact: Food and nutritional security Institutional capacity building

Two countries hold up to 30% of wheat

22/07/2026 Go to Evidence

Between 25% and 30% of global wheat exports are concentrated in Russia and Ukraine, meaning disruptions in the Black Sea immediately affect international supply and prices.

AgroLatam.com (2026)

AgroLatam.com. (2026, 22 de julio). ¿Por qué el trigo se disparó y qué puede pasar con los alimentos? https://www.agrolatam.com/mercados-latam/trigo-guerra-mar-negro-precios-alimentos-impacto-global/

Tag: Armed_Conflict Geopolitics Value_chains Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition

Country: Russia Ukraine World (aggregate)

Sector: Cereals and cereal products Agri-Food (total) Mobility, Services or Transport Logistics

Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Agrifood Context

Beneficiary: Exporters Private enterprises Agricultural producers Consumers

Result: Impact: Food and nutritional security Risk mitigation Improved market efficiency

Russia may export 1.5 million tonnes

22/07/2026 Go to Evidence

1.5 million tonnes would be the volume of Russian wheat exports in July 2026, approximately one-third below the previous year and the lowest July volume since 2017.

AgroLatam.com (2026)

AgroLatam.com. (2026, 22 de julio). ¿Por qué el trigo se disparó y qué puede pasar con los alimentos? https://www.agrolatam.com/mercados-latam/trigo-guerra-mar-negro-precios-alimentos-impacto-global/

Tag: Armed_Conflict Geopolitics Value_chains Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition

Country: Russia World (aggregate)

Sector: Cereals and cereal products Agri-Food (total) Mobility, Services or Transport Logistics

Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Agrifood Context

Beneficiary: Exporters Private enterprises Agricultural producers Consumers

Result: Improved commercial competitiveness Risk mitigation Improved market efficiency Impact: Food and nutritional security

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

Monitoring, Evaluation and Best Practices

Evidences

10.5 million exposed in the Dry Corridor

Four rainless weeks destroy crops

Four countries exposed in the Dry Corridor

Two countries hold up to 30% of wheat

Russia may export 1.5 million tonnes

87.5 million affected by climate

147.4 million affected by conflict

266 million faced food crises

Four sectors have preventive measures

4.99 million may need aid in Colombia