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Navigating Key Development Issues in Central America’s Dry Corridor

Recommended Readings on Key Development Issues in Central America’s Dry Corridor.

Agriculture and Food Safety

Ayala Durán, C. 2022. "Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity in El Salvador during 2020." Rev Panam Salud Publica 46: e209. https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/56840.  

Bacon, Christopher M., William A. Sundstrom, Iris T. Stewart, Ed Maurer, and Lisa C. Kelley. 2021. "Towards smallholder food and water security: Climate variability in the context of multiple livelihood hazards in Nicaragua." World Development 143: 105468. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X21000802.

Barba-Escoto, Luis, Mark T. van Wijk, and Santiago López-Ridaura. 2020. "Non-linear Interactions Driving Food Security of Smallholder Farm Households in the Western Highlands of Guatemala." Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 4. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00051.

Concern Worldwide, and Welthungerhilfe. 2022. Global Hunger Index 2022: Guatemala. Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe. https://www.globalhungerindex.org/pdf/en/2022/Guatemala.pdf.

Gaytan, Ada Beda, and Didier Verges. 2021. Coordination and early warning systems for food and nutrition insecurity at the municipal level in Guatemala.). https://knowledgeagainsthunger.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Coordination-Early-Warning-Systems-GT.pdf.

Howland, Fanny, Mariola Acosta, Juliana Muriel, and Jean-Francois Le Coq. 2021. "Examining the Barriers to Gender Integration in Agriculture, Climate Change, Food Security, and Nutrition Policies: Guatemalan and Honduran Perspectives." Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.664253.

Lara-Arévalo, Jonathan, Lucía Escobar-Burgos, E. R. H. Moore, Roni Neff, and Marie L. Spiker. 2023. "COVID-19, Climate Change, and Conflict in Honduras: A food system disruption analysis." Global Food Security 37: 100693. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912423000238.

Leguía Hidalgo, E.J., and M. Veeger. 2019. Creación y análisis de escenarios futuros sobre agricultura, seguridad alimentaria nutricional y medios de vida en el Corredor Seco de Honduras. (CIAT (International Center for Tropical Agriculture)). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107059.

Lopez-Ridaura, Santiago, Arie Sanders, Luis Barba-Escoto, Jennifer Wiegel, Maria Mayorga-Cortes, Carlos Gonzalez-Esquivel, Martin A. Lopez-Ramirez, Rene M. Escoto-Masis, Edmundo Morales-Galindo, and Tomas S. García-Barcena. 2021. "Immediate impact of COVID-19 pandemic on farming systems in Central America and Mexico." Agricultural Systems 192: 103178. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X21001311.

Loukos, Panos, and Leslie Arathoon. 2020. Landscaping the agritech ecosystem for smallholder farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean. (GSMA AgriTech Programme). https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Landscaping_the_agritech_ecosystem_for_smallholder_farmers_in_Latin_America_and_the_Caribbean_1.pdf.

Müller, Anna, Claudia Bouroncle, Ada Gaytán, Estuardo Girón, Andrea Granados, Vesalio Mora, Fernando Portillo, and Jacob van Etten. 2020. "Good data are not enough: Understanding limited information use for climate risk and food security management in Guatemala." Climate Risk Management 30: 100248. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096320300383.

Rodríguez Vázquez, Horacio, and Nahuel Oddone. 2019. Sostenibilidad, Mercados Y Cadenas De Valor Agropecuarias: Recomendaciones Para Políticas Públicas Y Decisiones Privadas Ante El Cambio Climático En Centroamérica. ResCA (Programa Centroamérica Resiliente) and The Nature Conservancy. http://www.resilientcentralamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/Recursos/ResCA-SostentabilidadComercioMercados-HRVNO-2019.pdf.

Schmitz, Mauricio Castro, Jesse Festa, Moraima Guzmán, and Paula Casadei. 2021. Resilient Central America: Climate and Food Security in Central America: Final Report, Oct 2016 - June 2021. (The Nature Conservancy (TNC)). https://www.resilientcentralamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/Recursos/Informes/Reporte%20Final%20ResCA-v2%20low.pdf.

Seay-Fleming, Carrie. 2021. Food Insecurity in the Northern Triangle: Leveraging Agricultural Policies and Programs for the Benefit of Smallholders. (Wilson Center). https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/food-insecurity-northern-triangle-leveraging-agricultural-policies-and-programs-benefit.

Stamm, Andreas. 2020. Inclusive and sustainable agriculture in Costa Rica: A quality label to promote solidarity-based trade. (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung). https://www.idos-research.de/en/others-publications/article/inclusive-and-sustainable-agriculture-in-costa-rica-a-quality-label-to-promote-solidarity-based-trade/.

WFP (World Food Programme). 2020. Honduras Annual Country Report 2019: Country Strategic Plan 2018 - 2021. WFP. https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000113899/download/.

 

 

 

 

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