The weather phenomenon has had adverse effects on agriculture, threatening the livelihoods of small producers and food security.
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| Hurricane Beryl struck parts of the Caribbean and Gulf Coast of the United States in late June and early July, 2024, damaging properties and threatening food security. Photo: @FAOemergencies |
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) supports the governments of the Caribbean following the impact of Hurricane Beryl.
Hurricane Beryl was a lethal and catastrophic Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that impacted parts of the Caribbean, the Yucatán Peninsula, and the Gulf Coast of the United States in late June and early July 2024.
According to fao.org:
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as part of the United Nations Emergency Technical Teams (UNETT), is deployed in the areas affected by Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean to advance rapid needs assessment and preparation of proposals, under the leadership of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), to restore production and livelihoods.
FAO is supporting through damage and needs assessment using drones and satellite remote sensing. This information includes ground-level data collection through surveys and key informant interviews. All of this will guide response and recovery planning. Through the Ministries of Agriculture and CDEMA, governments continue to assess the full extent of damage caused.
Preliminary indications are that approximately 60,000 people require humanitarian assistance in Grenada, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines. Loss of fishing capacity, including damage to vessels, support infrastructure, and fishing equipment, and damage to crops and livestock, have been reported.
Agriculture in Jamaica has also suffered damage, with preliminary assessments indicating that several crops have been affected.
