Government institutes common-sense limits on burning, while industry motions toward 100% sustainability by 2020. El Salvador experienced its driest period in over 40 years this past summer. The drought caused major crop loss across Central America, and family farmers who depend on rain have been hit particularly hard. Rivers, lakes, and groundwater levels have also […]
Rain finally falling on the Bajo Lempa
In a normal year in El Salvador, the rainy season begins in May and comes to a climax in October, many times resulting in floods here in the Bajo Lempa, like the floods instigated by tropical storm 12-E last October. This year however, has been anything but normal. May came, June came, and July came […]
Hundreds of millions of pounds of corn could be lost
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 The blog post below is a translation of an article published by elsalvador.com on August 8, 2012. The original Spanish language version can be found here. Photo taken from elsalvador.com According to the MAG (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock), the loss could be greater than 210 million pounds if the drought persists […]
