Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
13,101,815 metric tons were registered through Sworn Declarations of Foreign Sales in August 2026, the highest volume recorded for that month since the system was implemented.
Nearly 60% of Alberta's major crops were rated in good to excellent condition at the end of August 2026, according to provincial reports cited by Statistics Canada, amid variable precipitation across the Canadian Prairies during the growing season.
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.
Enhanced convection and rainfall persisted from the central to the eastern Pacific, while they remained suppressed over Indonesia. Low-level westerly wind anomalies and upper-level easterly wind anomalies also extended from the western to the east-central equatorial Pacific.
Widespread subsurface temperature anomalies in excess of +10.0°C were recorded at depth in the equatorial Pacific. In August 2026 the equatorial subsurface temperature index (average 180°-100°W) remained steady, reflecting a deeper-than-average thermocline.
Sea surface temperature anomalies exceeded +3.0°C in the eastern equatorial Pacific. In August 2026 the Niño-3.4 index reached +1.8°C, Niño-3 +2.5°C and Niño-1+2 +3.4°C, while Niño-4 decreased to +0.1°C.
82% of Guadeloupe's food is imported, while production in the vegetable and livestock sectors has been declining for around ten years.
An estimated 1 million people in Honduras are facing water shortages and crop and livestock losses due to the prolonged 2026 drought, according to an emergency assessment (DREF) cited in the August 2026 report.
Between April 1 and August 20, 2026, the Pacific coastal areas of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua received only 30-60% of their average seasonal rainfall, ranking among the driest such periods since the CHIRPS record began in 1981.
The drought that El Nino is intensifying across Central America has left 236,447 Guatemalan families affected, according to the National Food and Nutrition Security Council (CONASAN), reported at its extraordinary meeting on August 28, 2026, which is evaluating raising the alert level to orange or red to activate the National Response Plan.
