With a historic El Niño intensifying and global fertilizer supplies disrupted by conflict in the Middle East, the new Intentional Data Community for Food and Nutrition Security aims to help the world anticipate and prevent food and nutrition crises. The initiative responds to a 31% drop in funding for 41 priority data systems, including FEWS NET and the IPC, in 2025
Kenya faces significant economic and food security risks from overlapping El Niño impacts and fuel and fertilizer price shocks associated with the war in Iran, a model shows.
Regional cooperation, community-generated data, and insurance-linked services can help protect livestock and pastoral livelihoods before climate shocks become crises.
Malawi faces a high El Niño risk heading into the 2026/27 growing season. Past El Niño events have reduced maize production, increased food insecurity, and strained household livelihoods across the country.
Malawi faces significant economic and food security risks from overlapping El Niño impacts and Iran war fuel and fertilizer price shocks, a modeling exercise shows.
Papua New Guinea is once again bracing for El Niño. In June 2026, the government announced that the country should begin preparing for a potentially extraordinary and prolonged dry season.
African farmers are bracing themselves for opposing climate extremes as scientists predict a super El Niño season: drying out crops in the South, drowning the East, and making rain unpredictable in the Sahel. In this blog, we explore the potential consequences for food and agriculture, and how farmers can adapt.
As the 2026 El Niño develops, the newly launched ENSO Outlook links climate data to floods, droughts and water risks, enabling early action and disaster mitigation.