Technological Innovations to Build Resilient Livelihoods in the Dry Corridor Peasant Families

Lately, the Central American region has been affected by the consequences of global warming, with the greatest impact manifesting in the dry corridor of Nicaragua and Honduras where cyclical droughts and rain patterns with characteristics very similar to the El Niño phenomenon occur. These climatic conditions have affected levels of productivity and environmental and social sustainability of a population of 467,000 families in 5 departments of each country. To address this situation, this project presents a bi-national proposal to sustainably manage family agriculture in the Dry Corridor in order to increase the climate resilience of 3,600 families. The project will implement participatory plant breeding actions in corn and beans, good agroecological practices resilient to climate change, strengthening the agroclimatic information system and public-private alliances linked to the corn and bean value chains.