In a Cambodia feature published on 5 October, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) described monitoring and early-warning tools being used to prepare for drought risks during El Niño conditions. The article says FAO’s June 2026 assessment, drawing on 41 years of satellite observations through its Agricultural Stress Index System, placed Cambodia at high risk of severe drought and estimated that 127,300 hectares of agricultural and pastureland could be affected. That is a risk estimate from June; the 5 October feature does not report a new measurement of land damage.

FAO’s PEARL project, implemented with Cambodia’s government and financed by the Green Climate Fund, combines farmer field schools, weather information and practical adaptation measures. The feature profiles Sokhom Kha, one of more than 4,000 farmers receiving advisories. She said she received ten days’ notice that rain would not come and prepared field dikes to retain water. The project teaches measures including cover crops, water-harvesting dikes and adjusted planting calendars. The account illustrates how advice and warning time can help farmers prepare; the feature does not quantify losses avoided or income gains.