Central America has invested almost 14 million dollars in the dry corridor and arid zones
The dry corridor is exposed to prolonged periods of drought and, conversely, catastrophic floods.
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Central American countries and the Dominican Republic have mobilized nearly $14 million since 2022 for projects that improve climate resilience and economic development in the dry corridor and arid zones of Central America through an initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Investments have focused on “priority areas” such as agricultural zoning for climate risk (ZARC), digital soil mapping, support for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises with digital tools, and strengthening the National Institutes for Innovation, Development and Agricultural Research (INIA).
This was stated by the FAO subregional office for Mesoamerica in a press release issued this Saturday, highlighting the progress of the Hand in Hand Initiative Building Resilience in the Dry Corridor and Arid Zones of the Region of the Central American Integration System (SICA), an organization made up of .
According to FAO, SICA countries have improved the technical capacity of their Ministry of Agriculture staff to manage the ZARC tool and, in the case of municipalities identified in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras , have made progress in the collection, analysis and standardization of updated information on crops, soils and climatology, among others.
In the area of water solutions , the investment note was reformulated to advance the reduction of gaps in water security in vulnerable rural territories through the planning of regional/national public goods; and investment to promote the management and development of integrated water solutions for agricultural production and human consumption.
In Central America there is the dry corridor, an extension of the Pacific coast exposed to prolonged periods of drought and, conversely, catastrophic flooding, and where some 10 million people live throughout El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama, the vast majority dependent on agriculture and suffering from food insecurity.
