Climate Extremes, Food Insecurity, and Migration in Central America: A Complicated Nexus - Guatemala
Climate Extremes, Food Insecurity, and Migration in Central America: A Complicated Nexus Format By Diego Pons There is growing evidence that climate extremes are having a devastating impact on agriculture in Central America, affecting the livelihoods of millions of farmers and serving as a driver of migration from the region. Both droughts and floods have been shown to have serious financial impacts in many rural areas. Droughts associated with the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon caused agricultural losses estimated at U.S. $465 million in 2014 alone. Over the last 30 years, l...
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