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People in a h. phase of food insecurity (ECU)
5,136,000 people were in a heightened phase of food insecurity in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
People in food crisis (Ecuador)
2,447,000 people were in a food crisis situation in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
People in food emergencies (Ecuador)
95,000 people found themselves in a food emergency situation in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
Vulnerability of livestock in Colombia
Between 25% and 30% of the 1,345,000 head of cattle are exposed to disease, death and loss of pastures, with the greatest impact in Arauca, Arauquita and Tame, Colombia. (Fundación Corocoras, 2026).
Impact of climate on agricultural land (COL)
In Arauca, Colombia, there are approximately 482,631 hectares dedicated to agricultural activities at risk due to permanent exposure to flooding. (Fundación Cocoras, 2026).

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SADER, SHCP and FIRA-Bank of Mexico present support measures to mitigate fertiliser price volatility

SADER (Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development), SHCP (Secretary of Finance and Public Credit) and FIRA (Trust Funds for Rural Development)-Bank of Mexico presented support measures to mitigate...

National Soil Strategy for Sustainable Agriculture

This strategy arises in response to the need to organize, coordinate and strengthen the implementation of actions aimed at the sustainable management of the countrys agricultural soils, which allow th...

Mexico will purchase 20,000 tons of powdered milk and one million tons of fertilizers from the USA

Lopez Obrador agreed that Mexico will purchase up to 20,000 tons of powdered milk from the United States in order to "help families in rural and urban communities". Also, it will purchase one million ...

1000 Ton Program

SADER and the company Cargill distributed a thousand tons of livestock feed for the benefit of academia, research centers and producers who are in a vulnerable situation due to the health and economic...

Mexico announces elimination of antidumping duties on ammonium sulfate imports/n

Mexico's Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader), in conjunction with the Secretariat of Economy, announces the decision to temporarily eliminate countervailing duties on ammonium sul...

Mexico promotes the development and use of biofertilizers to address food crisis/n

The Mexican authorities, through the Production for Wellbeing Program and the Technical Accompaniment Strategy (EAT), indicated in a press release that, in the following weeks, around 11,000 community...

Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity

The Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity is a regional initiative established by twelve democratic countries in the Western Hemisphere with the purpose of responding to the needs of their peop...

European Commission sets requirements for bitter melon from Mexico, Honduras and Thailand

The European Commission (EC) has increased the specific phytosanitary requirements for imports into the European Union (EU) of Momordica charantia L. (bitter melon) fruits originating in Honduras, Mex...

SEGALMEX will purchase 521 thousand metric tons of corn to comply with PACIC/n

The main objective of creating this reserve is to guarantee supply to the most vulnerable populations through the network of more than 20,000 Diconsa stores and, secondly, to provide up to 150,000 ton...

Ministry of Welfare and ECLAC boost cocoa production in southeastern Mexico

Within the framework of the Integral Development Program (PDI) for the south-southeast of Mexico and the countries of northern Central America, a working commission was formed that will follow up on t...

Mexico temporarily eliminates tariffs on imports of staple foods and key inputs/n

Mexico adopted a decree temporarily eliminating import tariffs on more than 20 basic food products and key inputs, including paddy rice, white corn grain and flour, wheat grain and flour, bread, dry b...

Joint Declaration on open and predictable trade in agricultural products and foodstuffs

At the General Council of the World Trade Organisation, a group of countries signed their trade commitment to ensure food security in the midst of COVID 19 and the armed conflict between Russia and Uk...