Paul Herrera Analyzes the Impact of El Niño on Food Security and Warns of Risks Driven by Economic Access and Agricultural Data Gaps
The imminent arrival of the El Niño climate phenomenon places Ecuador's agricultural sector in a state of high structural vulnerability. Within this framework, projections from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) warn that approximately 2.6 million people could face crisis and emergency phases of food insecurity between August and November 2026—even before factoring in the direct toll of the climatic event.