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Book (stand-alone)New canicula index to study its impact on Agriculture in the Central American Dry Corridor and its connection with El Niño 2020
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The canicula is the reduction of rainfall during the rainy season, in July and August, which can mainly affect basic grains during the crop flowering and grain filling phases. This natural climatic event manifests from the south of Mexico to the Central American Dry Corridor and ends in the Dry Arc of Panama. It affects the Pacific zone of Nicaragua with higher frequency and intensity, followed by areas in Honduras, Panama (provinces of Los Santos and Herrera, and some areas of the Darien province) and part of the Dry Corridor of Guatemala (Chiquimula and Zacapa). The intensity and accentuation of the canicula in Central America is more correlated with the version of Modoki El Niño than with the version of Canonical El Niño. The Modoki El Niño version has increased its frequency of occurrence in the last decades, presenting favourable conditions for an increase in the frequency of occurrence of extended caniculas in the region. The objective of the index is to evaluate the reduction of rainfall during the rainy season which, in years of extreme canicula, causes considerable losses in annual crops. -
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Corredor Seco en El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras
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Esta publicación se abordan las principales problemáticas en el Corredor Seco, una franja de territorio clasificada como bosque seco tropical o trópico seco, que se extiende entre los países de Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador y Guatemala. En el Corredor Seco habitan más de diez millones de personas que se dedican mayoritariamente a actividades agrícolas. Es una zona altamente vulnerable a eventos climáticos extremos que combinan periodos largos de sequía con periodos más cortos de lluvias intensas y que afectan fuertemente los medios de vida y la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional de las poblaciones locales. -
NewsletterGIEWS Update Central America, 27 August 2018
Drought causes crop losses in “Dry Corridor” in Central America
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No results found.There is a high risk of contraction in the production of basic grain crops in Central America because of the intensified "heat wave"2 in July, affecting the flowering and grain-filling phases of the crops. The maize and bean crops grown for self-consumption are expected to be the most affected, mainly in the areas of the “Dry Corridor”. The extent to which the crops are affected highly depends on the timing of sowing and the geographical distribution of rain. As of 15 August 2018, the Governments of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras reported losses of 282 000 hectares in maize and bean crops, resulting in an estimated 2.2 million people at risk of food insecurity. In general, the period of food shortage in the region is between April and August, with supplies getting particularly tight from July. This season’s crop losses could make the next lean season more pronounced, with tight supplies and a worsening food security situation setting in earlier-than-normal in 2019 in the “Dry Corridor” area. There is a 60 percent probability (IRI/CPC, August 2018) that the El Niño phenomenon would occur in late 2018, which could put the second and third season production in the region at risk. To anticipate and mitigate the impact of the drought, national governments are identifying measures that contribute to risk reduction, early action and potential response in collaboration with FAO and WFP.
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