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July 25, 2018, 15:07 Guatemala, July 25 (Prensa Latina) The threat of hunger surrounds communities in Chortí because of the almost total loss of their maize and bean crops because of the prolonged heat affecting Guatemala, mainly in the so-called dry corridor.
Scenario similar to Zacapa, El Progreso, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Retalhuleu, Sololá and Suchitepéquez, where the last rains fell at the beginning of June and according to the prognosis. August, will continue with a rainfall deficit in the northeast and central parts of the country.
According to the specialist Cesar George, of the National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology, the forecasts envisaged a first phase of drought of the 10th. to June 20 and another from August 5 to 15, but in practice both will join them
The source confirmed that in several departments are already registered between 17 and 23 days of July the dry season.
Desperation causes farmers to ruin their plantations, because in addition to not having a mouthful to take in the mouth, they can not pay the contracted debt.
Among the requests to local authorities are seeds and fertilizers. recover economically in the second harvest, which would give them a little respite.
The day before, the government called a forecast table, as part of the national security system. food security, to define early relief actions at the current situation and with planting in September and October in sight.
The Dry Corridor of Guatemala comprises 46 municipalities of the national territory and covers part of Quiché, Baja Verapaz, El Progreso, Guatemala, Zacapa, Chiquimula, Jalapa and Jutiapa, where 11 percent of the more than 16 million. Residents are enumerated in 2015 by the National Register of People
C is a climatological region with large and constant droughts. , aggravated by deforestation advancing by leaps and bounds, warn studies.
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