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19 people, mostly women farmers, operate the Community Hydroclimatic Monitoring Network in southern Ahuachapán, El Salvador; during Tropical Storm Julia, an alert issued after more than six hours of rain enabled vulnerable families to evacuate two hours before the rivers overflowed, with no loss of life.
Paz Cardona (2026)
Paz Cardona, A. (2026, 22 de septiembre). Comunidades latinoamericanas se apropian de los datos científicos para sobrevivir a la crisis climática. Agencia Ocote. https://www.agenciaocote.com/blog/2026/09/22/datos-climaticos-comunitarios-sobrevivir-crisis-climatica/
413 floods were recorded during the 2026 rainy season, making them the most frequently reported event among the 1,513 emergencies handled by the CONRED System.
CONRED (2026)
Secretaría Ejecutiva de la Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres. (2026, 16 de septiembre). Ambiente cálido y lluvias continuarán: evitemos que la basura obstruya los drenajes [Boletín Informativo 293-2026]. https://conred.gob.gt/ambiente-calido-y-lluvias-continuaran-evitemos-que-la-basura-obstruya-los-drenajes/
Usable water reserves across much of Argentina's Pampas region stand at 80-100%, per estimates from the SEPA-INTA system for the 2026/27 farming season - a scenario INTA links to the warm phase of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon forecast for the October-December 2026 quarter.
INTA Argentina (2026)
Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). (2026, September 11). Administrar riesgos y transformar mas agua en mas produccion. Argentina.gob.ar. https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/administrar-riesgos-y-transformar-mas-agua-en-mas-produccion
Wheat in Chile was rated 'Poor' (yields 5-25% below the 5-year average) due to heavy rainfall and waterlogged soils, according to the August 2026 report.
GEOGLAM Crop Monitor (2026)
GEOGLAM Crop Monitor. (2026, September 3). Global Crop Monitor (No. 47). https://www.cropmonitor.org/global-crop-monitor
50% of the 1,056 affected farmers were concentrated in five Maule communes: Chanco, Cauquenes, Pelluhue, Parral and Retiro.
Ministerio de Agricultura de Chile (2026)
Ministerio de Agricultura de Chile. (2026, 7 de agosto). Seremi de Agricultura Maule detalla afectaciones por sistemas frontales concentradas en pequeños agricultores. https://minagri.gob.cl/noticia/seremi-de-agricultura-maule-detalla-afectaciones-por-sistemas-frontales-concentradas-en-pequenos-agricultores/
1,056 farmers affected by the frontal weather systems were recorded by INDAP in the Maule Region as of the week of 7 August 2026.
Ministerio de Agricultura de Chile (2026)
Ministerio de Agricultura de Chile. (2026, 7 de agosto). Seremi de Agricultura Maule detalla afectaciones por sistemas frontales concentradas en pequeños agricultores. https://minagri.gob.cl/noticia/seremi-de-agricultura-maule-detalla-afectaciones-por-sistemas-frontales-concentradas-en-pequenos-agricultores/
More than 64% of the affected farmers were enrolled in Prodesal and received technical guidance and support.
Ministerio de Agricultura de Chile (2026)
Ministerio de Agricultura de Chile. (2026, 7 de agosto). Seremi de Agricultura Maule detalla afectaciones por sistemas frontales concentradas en pequeños agricultores. https://minagri.gob.cl/noticia/seremi-de-agricultura-maule-detalla-afectaciones-por-sistemas-frontales-concentradas-en-pequenos-agricultores/
More than 50 consecutive days of record-high ocean surface temperatures increased the risk of altered rainfall, droughts, floods and heatwaves affecting agricultural production.
AgroLatam.com (2026)
AgroLatam.com. (2026, 26 de julio). ¿Cómo impacta el récord de calor en los océanos al agro? https://www.agrolatam.com/agricultura-latam/record-calor-oceanos-impacto-agricultura-clima-2026/
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
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/
