Dry Corn, Rachitic Cows: El Niño's Drought Razes Central America
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The El Niño drought destroys crops and livestock in Central America. More than 16 million people may face food shortages.
"Sometimes I start to cry. Sometimes one eats, sometimes not," says Lidia Ochoa in San Lorenzo, in southern Honduras. The area is part of the dry corridor that also covers areas of Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Here more than 10 million people live and 80% of the small producers are poor, according to the UN. Used to extreme weather events, the population is bewildered by the severity of the phenomenon that threatens to inten…
Arid and sterile land, dairy cattle, malnutrition, rickety crops, El Niño hit hard the poorest area in Central America. 16 million people could suffer from food shortages, according to the UN. A dramatic situation that will continue until 2027
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LaProvence.com"Sometimes weeping. Sometimes we eat, sometimes we don't," says Lidia Ochoa from San Lorenzo, in southern Honduras. "This area is part of the so-called "dry corridor" region, which also includes parts of Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. More than 10 million people live in this vast region where 80 per cent of small farmers are poor, according to the UN. Yet, accustomed to extreme weather events, the population is amazed by the s…
The drought has zeroed corn and beans in the dry corridor. The World Food Programme provides 49 million more people in acute hunger by the end of 2027. Returns the spectrum of migrations to the north.
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