Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
13 million pounds of shrimp are estimated to have been lost because of drought and high salinity, reducing the annual production target from 159 million to 146 million pounds.
214 shrimp farms halted operations without harvesting because of insufficient rainfall and increased salinity in Choluteca and Valle, Honduras.
2,000 small, medium-sized, and large producers were affected by flooding, which caused direct losses to the rural economy of Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
16,000 hectares planted with soybeans and sorghum were completely flooded by rainfall and overflowing rivers in production areas of Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
85.2% of surveyed farming families were affected by late or irregular rainfall in the Dry Corridor of northern Central America.
Since 1950, no El Niño episode may have been as intense as the one forecast for 2026, according to the experts cited by the source.
Between 2 and 7 years is the usual recurrence interval of El Niño, a phenomenon that warms surface waters in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific.
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.
200,000 hectares are covered by more than 4,100 farms applying Livestock NAMA technologies for more resilient and low-emission production.
More than 4,100 farms implement Livestock NAMA measures in Costa Rica through technologies that increase productivity and producers' income.
