El Salvador
Harvesting of first season crops is completed and planting of second season crops is well advanced. The output of first season crops is estimated to be 18 percent lower than average due to the drought. The area planted to…
Belize
National Emergency Management Organization Damage Assessment Sub-Committee Introduction This evaluation is based on reports from over flights combined with baseline data, particularly population census data in the case of the Toledo and Stann Creek Districts. The most complete aspect…
El Salvador + 3 more
Más de un millón y medio de personas afectadas en toda la región; unas 750.000 con necesidad de ayuda alimentaria de urgencia; 366.000 personas que han perdido entre el 50 y el 100% de sus cosechas;…
Honduras
Honduras was the country most affected by Hurricane 'Mitch' in 1998, and some 250 000 people were still receiving food aid until June this year, when the country was hit by drought. The onset of dry spells in June…
Nicaragua
Western parts of Nicaragua, which were affected in October 1998 by Hurricane 'Mitch', were this summer affected by drought. Some 45 000 farmers have reportedly lost at least 50 percent of their crops in León and Chinandega departments. For…
El Salvador
The strong earthquakes that hit the country in January and February, damaging transport infrastructure and housing, and hampering the transport and marketing of produce by the farmers, led to severe resource constraints for the cultivation of third season crops in…
Guatemala
Rains in June were 60 percent lower than normal and some 8 percent of the area planted to maize and beans in the central and eastern departments of the country was lost. About 13 000 subsistence farms reportedly suffered…
El Salvador + 3 more
(Circulated only for countries where foodcrops or supply situation conditions give rise to concern) FOOD SHORTAGES EMERGING IN DROUGHT-AFFECTED AREAS OF CENTRAL AMERICA The precarious food situation of rural Central America, due to the lingering effects of Hurricane…
Nicaragua
Objetivo El objetivo de este análisis fue obtener información relativa al impacto de la sequía en la seguridad alimentaria del hogar y la comunidad, y de esta forma determinar si existe una necesidad de ayuda alimentaria y en tal caso,…
Colombia
Presentación Este informe de gestión recoge los esfuerzos que durante dieciocho meses - enero de 2000 a junio de 2001- adelantó la Red de Solidaridad Social en dos frentes: la coordinación del Sistema Nacional de Atención Integral a la Población…
