Emigration and food insecurity in Central American 'dry corridor' focus of new UN-backed study
Aug 24, 2017, at 09:39 am
New York, Aug 24(Just Earth News): A new inter-agency study released on Wednesday found a correlation between prolonged droughts in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras – exacerbated by El Niño phenomenon from 2014 to 2016 – and the increase in irregular migration from these countries to the United States, the United Nations food relief agency reported.
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Nov 30, 2016, at 01:33 pm
New York, Nov 30 (Just Earth News): About 30,000 families in 58 municipalities in Nicaragua’s ‘Dry Corridor,’ the area of the country most affected by droughts and climate change, are expected to benefit from a financial agreement between the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Nicaragua to boost sustainable agricultural production.