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Food Security Outlook Update April - September 2026 Lean season begins amid erratic rainfall and primera production risks Download the report
  • Through May 2026, Stressed (IPC Phase 2) area-level outcomes will remain widespread, driven by atypically early depletion of food stocks from localized below-average 2025 postrera production, atypical market dependence, and persistently above-average staple food prices. However, pockets of poor households experiencing Crisis (IPC Phase 3) persist, particularly in the Eastern Dry Corridor. 
  • From June to September 2026, food insecurity is expected to peak, with Stressed (IPC Phase 2) outcomes emerging across more areas and an increase in the population experiencing Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes, mainly in the Eastern Dry Corridor and parts of western zones. Below-average agricultural labor demand for staple grains and below-average primera yields for smallholder farmers is expected to result in delayed and uneven replenishment of household food stocks, and below-average incomes, leading to short‑lived improvements after the harvest.  
  • Erratic and below‑average rainfall at the outset of the rainy season is leading to localized delays in planting activities, with downstream effects throughout the rest of the agricultural calendar. Poor weather forecasts are expected to negatively affect rainfed smallholder maize and bean primera production as well as reduce agricultural labor demand for staple grains.  
  • Volatile global prices for fuel and fertilizers are placing upward pressure on domestic transportation and food production costs. These pressures are expected to further erode household purchasing power and continue to constrain food access for poor households, despite adequate food availability throughout the country.    

This report provides an update to the El Salvador February to September 2026 Food Security Outlook and March 2026 Key Message Update. The analysis is based on information available as of April 30, 2026.  

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Alerts / special reports
Special Report Global May 1, 2025
Monthly analysis
Key Message Update El Salvador March - September 2026
Food Security Outlook El Salvador February - September 2026
Key Message Update El Salvador January - May 2026
Alerts / special reports
Special Report Global May 1, 2025
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