Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
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.
10 countries were identified by GDACS as affected by the Central America-2026 drought episode: The Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua and El Salvador.
840,372 km² were experiencing medium agricultural drought impact in the GDACS Central America-2026 episode as of September 29, 2026.
3 countries showed a high level of agricultural drought impact in the territorial units reported by GDACS: El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.
From September 23 to 29, 2026, drought worsened in Texas and Oklahoma, the Lower Midwest, Lower Mississippi River region and the Southeast.
As of September 29, 2026, 59.38% of the contiguous United States was experiencing drought conditions.
2.5% was the cumulative decline in Nicaragua's agricultural activity during the first half of 2026, amid a rainfall deficit associated with the El Niño phenomenon that affected subsistence and agro-industrial crops.
From September 28 to October 25, 2026, below-normal rainfall is forecast across much of Costa Rica.
Very dry conditions are forecast in the North Pacific, Central Pacific and Central Valley from October 12 to 25.
32 ICA regional offices participated in an epidemiological surveillance review that found no evidence of an unusual increase in cattle mortality.
