In July 2026, the Niño3.4 index exceeded a +2°C sea-surface temperature anomaly in the equatorial Pacific, a threshold that Météo-France classifies as strong El Niño intensity.

Among the most intense episodes observed since 1950 could be the 2026 El Niño: six-month seasonal forecasts indicate that the Niño3.4 index will continue rising and peak in late 2026, potentially reaching very strong intensity.

4 low-intensity, short-lived tropical systems had been observed in the 2026 Atlantic season by August 28; only Tropical Storm Dolly occurred in the main development region. Météo-France links this historically low activity to the strong El Niño and high wind shear.

IDB technical cooperation whose objective is to help Venezuela prepare for the implementation of a recovery strategy. It seeks to (i) update and advance the design of key interventions and (ii) design an organizational scheme to facilitate knowledge transfer and the implementation of those interventions.

Investment program aimed at improving productivity, marketing and value added in Argentina's agro-industrial production, with a focus on climate change adaptation. The operation seeks to increase the coverage and quality of public rural infrastructure services in intervention areas and increase adoption of technologies that improve economic profitability, environmental sustainability and product differentiation. The program includes investments in irrigation infrastructure, rural roads, electrification, digital connectivity, fire management and productive and commercial infrastructure, together with training, technical assistance, technology adoption and institutional strengthening for small and medium-sized agricultural producers, agro-industrial MSMEs, rural associations and cooperatives.

National program implemented by Costa Rica's Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) to improve the sustainability, competitiveness and economic participation of small and medium agricultural producers. The operation uses a Program-for-Results (PforR) financing approach and has total financing of US$695 million: US$555 million in counterpart financing from the Government of Costa Rica, US$120 million from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD/World Bank), and US$20 million from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The Program includes modernization of public agricultural extension services, a digital producer information platform, agricultural traceability, productive and cold-chain infrastructure, technical assistance, access to financing for adoption of NAMA practices, and payments for environmental services related to carbon sequestration in agricultural soils. The Program will directly benefit 10,500 producers and reach 30,000 producers through direct and indirect benefits, equivalent to approximately 90,000 people when household members are included, with explicit attention to women and youth.

Project aimed at reducing rural poverty through the social and productive inclusion of families in the VRAEM area. It seeks to increase beneficiaries' human, social, natural, physical, and financial assets. It combines strengthening of territorial governance, development of local economic initiatives, and improved connectivity and community infrastructure.

The project supports the establishment and consolidation of the National Agricultural Innovation System by strengthening the institutional capacity of the lead public agency, building decentralized innovation networks with public and private stakeholders, and administering competitive grant funds for subprojects in strategic research, adaptive research, agricultural extension, seed enterprise development, and capacity building. It includes a national and international scholarship program for researchers and extension professionals, as well as the design of a monitoring and evaluation system for the agricultural innovation system. Its objective is to create the conditions for member organizations of the national innovation system to improve their effectiveness in developing and delivering improved agricultural technologies to rural producers.

The programme aims to improve food security and livelihoods of food-insecure rural households in poverty, largely dependent on small-scale agriculture and vulnerable to climate change. It promotes an endogenous territorial development model centred on family-scale agroecological production, organizational and community capacity strengthening, and investment in territorial economic initiatives. It supports the implementation of national food sovereignty policy within a complementarity framework across government levels, with attention to sustainable water and natural resource management.