LATIN AMERICA’S ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE - Food Insecurity in the Northern Triangle: Leveraging Agricultural

Given the significance ly.26 of maize and bean production in terms of household food security, cultural heritage, and biodiversity pres- “Given the significance of maize ervation in the region, this trend is concerning.28, 29, 30 and bean production in terms of Climate change and related phenomenon have household food security, cultural impacted domestic agricultural production in heritage, and bi. [...] and types of interventions, there are some key In the 1980s, for example, USAID helped title generalizations that can be made about the hunger 2.86 million hectares of farmland to smallholder and agricultural policies of the era in which the FTF farmers in Honduras. [...] For example, FTF recently funded the construction of an agricultural training In the wake of these reforms and the 2007- center in the Western Highlands of Guatemala.36 2008 food crisis, a renewed emphasis on global A small initial investment, such as the distribution hunger and food insecurity emerged. [...] In 2009, of hens, may also be justified for the purpose of the United States announced the Feed the Future training farmers in a new enterprise opportunity (FTF) Initiative, a global food security strategy to that holds the potential for sustainability following be rolled out in priority countries, with specific the initial investment. [...] Further, 10 percent certification schemes), the differential has not of coffee farmers in some parts of Honduras been enough to cover costs.57 have migrated to the United States.61 In other cases, coffee farmers continue to produce with As Figure 3 shows, the fluctuating price of coffee the help of development programs like FTF, but in has trended downward over the last decade.