On the occasion of World Food Day, the representative office of this agency held a forum on water and agro-food systems, attended by officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, the National Center for Agricultural and Forestry Technology, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) and the Ministry of Health.
On October 16, the world celebrates World Food Day and El Salvador is one of the countries in the region that is taking measures to pay off its related debts, which are currently hitting its residents hard.
This year, under the motto “Water is Life”, the focus is on the importance of water. Water nourishes. “Leave No One Behind” is a call to raise awareness of the role that water resources play in agricultural and food systems.
The aim is to celebrate this important liquid, because practically 80 percent of the planet is made up of water, but only a fresh part is for domestic use and agriculture. It is a limited resource and therefore must be managed, emphasized Recalde.
For his part, the Minister of Agriculture, Óscar Guardado, said that water is the essential basis of agricultural production and is also linked to the food and nutritional security of our population.
Climate change affects us, but especially the areas that lie in the Central American dry corridor, our country, by the way, has 35 percent of this corridor, he noted.
El Salvador is among 130 hunger hotspots worldwide, according to a report by the FAO and the World Food Program (WFP), which warns that food insecurity could worsen.
The decline in staple grain harvests in 2023 could reduce food reserves for consumption and sale and increase market dependence for 1.9 million smallholder farmers in Central America, the report highlighted.
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