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Insurance covers up to 85%

28/05/2026 Go to Evidence

85% of the premium is covered by the Agricultural Insurance Incentive for small producers, while medium-sized producers receive coverage of up to 35%.

OPSAa (2026)

OPSAa. (2026, 28 de mayo). Colombia: Subsidios por fenómeno de El Niño habilitarán $67.272 millones para adquirir seguros agropecuarios. https://opsaa.iica.int/es/resource-2792-colombia-subsidios-por-fenomeno-de-el-nino-habilitaran-67272-millones-para-adquirir-seguros-agropecuarios

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Colombia
Sector: Finance, banking and insurance Agri-Food (total)
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Agrifood Context
Instrument: Harvest insurance
Beneficiary: Agricultural producers Rural communities
Result: Access to financial services Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience

More than 19,000 producers

28/05/2026 Go to Evidence

19,467 producers and 41,073 productive projects have benefited from the agricultural insurance mechanism in crops such as coffee, rice, plantain, potato, cassava, cocoa, and maize.

OPSAa (2026)

OPSAa. (2026, 28 de mayo). Colombia: Subsidios por fenómeno de El Niño habilitarán $67.272 millones para adquirir seguros agropecuarios. https://opsaa.iica.int/es/resource-2792-colombia-subsidios-por-fenomeno-de-el-nino-habilitaran-67272-millones-para-adquirir-seguros-agropecuarios

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Colombia
Sector: Finance, banking and insurance Agri-Food (total)
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Agrifood Context
Instrument: Harvest insurance
Beneficiary: Agricultural producers Rural communities Producer organizations (cooperatives, etc.)
Result: Access to financial services Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience

Fifteen countries assess conflict impacts

27/05/2026 Go to Evidence

15 Latin American and Caribbean countries participated in the high-level technical meeting that assessed the effects of the Middle East conflict on regional agrifood systems and their possible medium-term evolution.

Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (2026)

Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura. (2026, 27 de mayo). FAO recomienda medidas a países de América Latina y el Caribe para enfrentar los efectos del conflicto en Medio Oriente. https://www.fao.org/americas/news/news-detail/fao-recomienda-alc-medidas/

Tag: Armed_Conflict Geopolitics Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition Value_chains
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Multisectoral
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Agrifood Context
Instrument: Intersectoral and interinstitucional coordination International technical cooperation Strategies, plans, policies or guidelines; sectoral or national
Beneficiary: Public institutions Agricultural producers Consumers Private enterprises
Result: Institutional capacity building Improved public policy formulation and implementation Risk mitigation Impact: Food and nutritional security

Three time horizons structure recommendations

27/05/2026 Go to Evidence

3 time horizons, short, medium and long term, structure FAO recommendations to reduce vulnerabilities and build resilience in Latin American and Caribbean agrifood systems.

Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (2026)

Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura. (2026, 27 de mayo). FAO recomienda medidas a países de América Latina y el Caribe para enfrentar los efectos del conflicto en Medio Oriente. https://www.fao.org/americas/news/news-detail/fao-recomienda-alc-medidas/

Tag: Armed_Conflict Geopolitics Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition Climate_Risks
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Multisectoral
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Agrifood Context
Instrument: Strategies, plans, policies or guidelines; sectoral or national Strategic planning Intersectoral and interinstitucional coordination International technical cooperation
Beneficiary: Public institutions Agricultural producers Consumers Private enterprises
Result: Improved public policy formulation and implementation Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience Institutional capacity building Impact: Food and nutritional security

Six areas concentrate recommended actions

27/05/2026 Go to Evidence

6 priority action areas, alternative trade routes, market monitoring, fertilizer reserves, logistics infrastructure, consumption protection and humanitarian channels, concentrate FAO regional recommendations.

Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (2026)

Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura. (2026, 27 de mayo). FAO recomienda medidas a países de América Latina y el Caribe para enfrentar los efectos del conflicto en Medio Oriente. https://www.fao.org/americas/news/news-detail/fao-recomienda-alc-medidas/

Tag: Armed_Conflict Geopolitics Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition Value_chains InvestmentFinancing
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Mobility, Services or Transport Logistics Multisectoral
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Agrifood Context
Instrument: Trade facilitation Early warning systems Strategies, plans, policies or guidelines; sectoral or national Intersectoral and interinstitucional coordination Food aid
Beneficiary: Consumers Agricultural producers Public institutions Exporters Private enterprises
Result: Risk mitigation Improved market efficiency Impact: Food and nutritional security Food access Food affordability

Honduras Strengthens Food Resilience

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1.5 billion lempiras were allocated by Honduras to the 2026 Agricultural, Livestock and Coffee Production Incentives Program to strengthen food security and respond to climate emergencies.

SAG (2026).

Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería de Honduras (SAG). (2026,). Presidente Nasry Asfura realiza lanzamiento del Programa Incentivos a la Producción en Comayagua. Recuperado de: https://prensa.sag.gob.hn/2026/05/20/presidente-nasry-asfura-realiza-lanzamiento-del-programa-incentivos-a-la-produccion-en-comayagua/

Tag: SustainableProductivity Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Honduras
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Family Farming Agrifood Context
Instrument: Technical assistance to producers Incentives or subsidies for the adoption of good sustainable production practices Production infrastructure
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Agricultural producers
Result: Improved productivity Income improvement Impact: Food and nutritional security

Sea temperature in Guyana (May-2026)

20/05/2026 Go to Evidence

In recent weeks, the sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly in the Niño 3.4 region has been close to +0.9 °C, indicating an El Niño phase. During El Niño, Guyana experiences below-average rainfall and above-average temperatures. (Guyana Hydrometeorological Survey, 2026).

Servicio Hidrometeorológico de Guyana, 2026

Servicio Hidrometeorológico de Guyana

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Guyana
Sector: Aquaculture and fishery products Agri-Food (total) Agri-environmental
Area: Agrifood Context