Honduras urges national plan for water storage and food self‑sufficiency

Geographer Carlos Héctor Sabillón warned that Honduras wastes much of its abundant rainfall because of insufficient infrastructure for capture and storage. He called for a national hydrological plan that would protect watersheds, promote reforestation and build large‑scale storage works to safeguard future water supply, especially for Tegucigalpa, which receives about 1,000 mm of rain annually but stores only a tiny fraction.

Anthropologist Mario Ardón criticised the government's reliance on imports of staple grains such as corn, beans and rice, arguing that the country lacks a coherent agricultural policy and that imports threaten local producers. He highlighted Honduras’ diverse microclimates and steep terrain, which could support self‑sufficiency if a long‑term agrarian strategy were adopted, reducing food insecurity that now affects roughly 1.7 million people.