The Food Security Alert Special Bulletin Timor-Leste highlights the urgent food security challenges that the nation faces as a result of the current El Nino event. It charts the particular risks presented by El Nino in the light of Timor-Leste’s current levels of acute food insecurity and its reliance on rain fed agriculture. It identifies six mitigation actions covering early warning systems, supplementing the national grain reserve, exploring drought resistant crops and more.