Farmers in El Salvador adapt livelihoods to the new realities of COVID-19
Growing vegetables to meet changed demands during the pandemic
11/05/2020
Juan Carlos Rivera lives in the Dry Corridor of El Salvador, an area where high temperatures, low rainfall and regular droughts pose constant regular problems to his way of life. He is a farmer who sells rabbits and quail, but with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, he and his partners in “Las Casitas”, a network of small producers, have had problems marketing their products.
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Year: 2020
Country/ies: El Salvador
Geographical coverage: Latin America and the Caribbean
Type: Blog article
Full text available at: http://www.fao.org/fao-stories/article/en/c/1273901/
Content language: English