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The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of El Salvador (MAG) noted that the Central American Agricultural Council (CAC) has called these agencies "to join the efforts of the governments of the isthmus to help producers and other drought-affected populations. "
The state wallet explained that this request is part of agreements reached last Friday by the ACC at an extraordinary meeting held in Belize.
Ministers agreed "to draw the attention of the international community to the situation of drought and El Niño, which is seriously affecting the SICA region" and to ask foreign ministers from the region to accelerate funding initiatives for adaptation and resilience programs
El Salvador is experiencing one of the strongest droughts in recent history and has caused the loss of 2, 13 million quintals of corn, one of the leading ipales grains of food in this country of Central America.
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The General Directorate of Civil Protection of El Salvador declared on July 24 a red alert in 143 municipalities affected by the extreme drought to "provide humanitarian aid to those affected" in the center and east of the country.
Canícula
Canícula de junio is so extensive that she will join the month of August, says Insivumeh, in a discouraging panorama
The extensive Canicula particularly touch the municipalities of Camotán, Jocotán and Olopa, in Chiquimula, where harvests have been lost and the threat of hunger begins to haunt particularly the Chortí communities.
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According to the indigenous association Campesino Ch & # 39; orti & # 39; Nuevo Día, in these three municipalities, in maize and beans crops are almost total. It is estimated that more than 90% of the population is affected.
The Ministry of Agriculture reported that 43,000 families in the departments of Chiquimula, El Progreso, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Retalhuleu, Sololá, Suchitepéquez and Zacapa are the most affected. for the lack of rain.
The MAGA said, without specifying the type of crop damaged, that 24 thousand hectares were registered up to here and the amount is estimated at about 44 million dinars.
Families live the drama because of the lack of water
The National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology (Insivumeh), reported that the l 39; one of the considerations that has been reached in the last August climate forum will continue with a rain deficit in the northeast and the center of the country. "
He confirmed that in those areas where there is a deficit of rain, there was a prolonged heat, where the canícula of the season – which is statistically from June 10 to June 20 – extends in the second – from the 5th to the 15th of August – and forms a
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