Central American dry corridor
The Central American Dry Corridor is a tropical dry forest region on the Pacific Coast of Central America. It extends from southern Mexico to Panama.
Severe drought has become a problem in this area due to changes in the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, especially in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
Millions of people in the dry corridor needed food aid due to drought between 2014 and mid-2016, which resulted in losses of the corn crop.
Drought impact has been especially severe in Honduras and Guatemala.
2019 was the fifth straight year of drought, and the "second consecutive year of failed yields for subsistence farmers." The climate has been becoming hotter and drier, agricultural pests are increasing, spring rains are decreasing or absent, and floods have become heavier.
Up to 4 million climate change migrants from Central America and Mexico are projected by 2050, according to a World Bank report, if measures are not taken to prevent climate change and adapt agricultural practices.
