El Niño Stalks Peru’s Breadbasket: 7.3 Million Hectares of Farmland in the Crosshairs

2026-02-09 - 19:35

Key Points — Peru’s disaster agencies classify 7.3 million hectares — nearly 63% of national farmland — at high or very high risk from mudslides and flooding through April, with El Niño conditions expected to persist until October. — The government’s catastrophic crop insurance fund covers $225 million through August 2026, but farming leaders call