During the four weeks from September 14 to October 11, 2026, the IMN forecasts below-normal rainfall in Costa Rica's Pacific region, Central Valley, and Western Northern Zone. The pattern is expected to be associated with El Niño and stronger-than-usual trade winds.

Between 30 and 155 mm of rain could accumulate in Costa Rica's Northern Zone from September 14 to 20, 2026, the highest forecast range among the country's regions. The probability of an extreme event is low, at about 25%, and forecast uncertainty is also low.

From October 5 to 11, 2026, every region of Costa Rica is forecast to receive below-normal rainfall. The IMN estimates an extreme-event probability of about 20%, although it reports high uncertainty for this final week of the outlook.

Technical cooperation aimed at supporting the development of new agricultural technologies and their adoption by producers in Argentina, as well as generating strategic information to prioritize international negotiations and enhance exports of innovative and value-added agro-industrial products. The initiative combines agricultural research and innovation, evaluation of results and operational efficiency, technology adoption, and analysis of new public-private collaboration schemes.

Innovation project aimed at developing and validating a pilot process for the bioconversion of organic waste through controlled insect farming to produce biofertilizers and protein pellets intended to improve agricultural productivity and animal nutrition. The initiative is implemented in the Tarapacá Region and seeks to promote sustainable agrifood systems in arid areas through waste valorization, the use of insect biomass, improved soil fertility, and the production of locally sourced agricultural and livestock inputs.

Research and technological development initiative aimed at creating a digital tool for the integrated analysis of hydroclimatic risks and the assessment of climate change adaptation options for small- and medium-scale agriculture in Chile’s Aconcagua River Basin. The platform seeks to identify and visualize areas facing the highest risks from droughts, intense rainfall, wildfires and frost by considering the interaction between climate hazards, exposure and vulnerability. The project also develops a participatory decision-support model to prioritize, monitor and assess adaptation measures, incorporating the perspectives of farmers, public institutions and other territorial stakeholders.

The Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership is a five-year agreement among Canada's federal, provincial, and territorial governments, running from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2028. The agreement provides CAD 3.5 billion to strengthen the competitiveness, innovation, and resiliency of the agriculture, agri-food, and agri-based products sectors. It includes CAD 1 billion in federal programs and activities and CAD 2.5 billion in cost-shared programs, funded 60 percent by the federal government and 40 percent by provincial and territorial governments. Its priorities are sector capacity, growth and competitiveness; climate change and environment; science, research and innovation; market development and trade; and resiliency and public trust. The framework includes marketing, competitiveness, innovation, science, diversity, and assurance programs, as well as business risk management programs such as AgriStability, AgriInsurance, AgriInvest, and AgriRecovery and the Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program.

Law No. 1274 provides for the absorption of the Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) by Nicaragua's Ministry of Agriculture (MAG), transferring all functions, assets, rights and obligations of the Institute to the Ministry and terminating INTA's legal personality. The Law amends Article 24 of Law No. 290 on the Organization, Competence and Procedures of the Executive Branch to incorporate among MAG's responsibilities the formulation of agricultural development policies, plans and strategies; identification of demand for credit and technological assistance; implementation and coordination of public agricultural technology generation and transfer programmes; promotion of scientific and technological research and training; formulation of policies on the distribution, ownership and use of State rural lands; and coordination with environmental and water authorities on soil and water conservation programmes. The Law also transfers INTA's movable and immovable property, records, systems, laboratories, financial assets, personnel and budget to MAG and repeals Decree No. 22-93 creating INTA and all its amendments.

Belize’s Ministry of Agriculture, the Belize Agricultural Health Authority and partners such as OIRSA intensified preventive actions to protect the national banana industry from the risk of Fusarium R4/TR4, a devastating disease affecting bananas and plantains. The initiative includes institutional coordination, phytosanitary surveillance, biosecurity, specialized technical assistance, strengthening of quarantine and plant health capacities, and joint work with national and international partners to prevent the disease from entering the country and safeguard an industry valued at approximately 90 million dollars.

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.

PRESICA developed a regional agricultural innovation model based on Local Innovation Consortia, which bring together producers, research institutes, universities, NGOs, and the private sector around value chains for corn, beans, cassava, and sweet peppers. The strategy was grounded in producers’ technological needs to drive research, technology validation, technology transfer, and extension services with a territorial focus. The project operated in eight Central American countries and the Dominican Republic, forming 22 local consortia. It contributed to strengthening national and regional agricultural innovation systems as a public good.

This project establishes a technical network across five countries (including the Dominican Republic and Panama) to optimize the use of nitrogen fertilizers through the 4R strategy. Its goal is to increase food productivity and reduce $N_{2}O$ emissions by developing common protocols and local emission factors (Tier 2). The results will strengthen national GHG inventories and promote public policies for sustainability and climate resilience in the region.