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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: Agrifood Context International Trade and Regional Integration
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

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

Export duties fall by two percentage points

21/05/2026 Go to Evidence

2 percentage points is the reduction in export duties applied to wheat and barley in Argentina, lowering the rate from 7.5% to 5.5% beginning in June 2026.

AgroLatam.com (2026)

AgroLatam.com. (2026, 21 de mayo). ¿Milei baja retenciones y cambia el futuro del campo argentino? https://www.agrolatam.com/actualidad/golpe-al-costo-productivo-milei-baja-retenciones-y-reactiva-expectativas-del-agro/

Tag: Value_chains
Country: Argentina

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