Central Ameria
Rome Meeting Addressing El Niño’s impact on Central America’s Dry Corridor
Submitted by Patrick Luganda on Tue, 06/28/2016 - 17:05
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Date: Thursday 30 June 2016, 9:00-12:30
Event: High-level meeting at FAO in Rome
The El Niño climate event is having a devastating impact on agriculture in Central America’s Dry Corridor where one of the worst droughts in decades has left 3.5 million people food insecure. In the most affected countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras some 2.8 million people are dependent on food aid.