# Peru: UN agency supports recovery of some 7,000 farmers from El Niño floods, landslides | UN News

> The FAO is helping about 7,000 mostly small-scale farmers in Peru recover from crop damage caused by the coastal El Nino floods and landslides from January to March 2017. More than 60,000 hectares were affected and 18,000 hectares were rendered unusable.

- Date: 2017-05-19 · published 2017-05-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Peru · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70917-peru-un-agency-supports-recovery-of-some-7-000-farmers-from-el-nino-floods
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Losses in Peru's northern coastal crops are local and small compared with world grain and feed supplies, so the price effect is minimal. The story mainly reflects the ongoing effects of the earlier El Nino event.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-11-23 | [AgroPages-Brazil: El Niño alters the dynamics of pests and diseases, and demands attention from farmers-Agricultural news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61882-agropages-brazil-el-nino-alters-the-dynamics-of-pests-and-diseases-and-demands.md) | -0.4% | +8.4% |
| CORN | 2023-05-03 | [New temperature records, food security threats likely as El Niño looms \| UN News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35863-new-temperature-records-food-security-threats-likely-as-el-nino-looms-un-news.md) | +1.5% | -6.7% |
| CORN | 2024-03-21 | [El Niño's impact on U.S. Farmers \| American Ag Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31128-el-nino-s-impact-on-u-s-farmers-american-ag-network.md) | -3.0% | -7.2% |
| CORN | 2025-06-27 | [Heat wave lingers for some; an unseasonably active pattern covers parts of the Heartland - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13078-heat-wave-lingers-for-some-an-unseasonably-active-pattern-covers-parts-of-the.md) | +5.1% | -1.7% |
| CORN | 2026-05-01 | ["Super” El Niño Talk Grows: What It Means for U.S. Farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19634-super-el-nino-talk-grows-what-it-means-for-u-s-farmers.md) | -1.4% | +0.1% |
| SOY | 2018-11-23 | [AgroPages-Brazil: El Niño alters the dynamics of pests and diseases, and demands attention from farmers-Agricultural news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61882-agropages-brazil-el-nino-alters-the-dynamics-of-pests-and-diseases-and-demands.md) | +0.5% | +0.2% |
| SOY | 2023-05-03 | [New temperature records, food security threats likely as El Niño looms \| UN News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35863-new-temperature-records-food-security-threats-likely-as-el-nino-looms-un-news.md) | +0.9% | -9.7% |
| SOY | 2024-03-21 | [El Niño's impact on U.S. Farmers \| American Ag Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31128-el-nino-s-impact-on-u-s-farmers-american-ag-network.md) | -1.4% | -6.2% |

## Sources

- news.un.org: https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/05/557772

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