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Honduras rural investment and food‑security measures

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The Honduran Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG) has continued to expand its multi‑pronged effort agricultural support programme. In June the Congress approved two statutes: the Ley de Alivio Financiero al Productor del Agro, which enables farmers to stabilise food supplies refinance debt for up to 15 years with an 80 % subsidy on agro‑insurance premiums, and modernise agriculture. In early July it released 64.3 the Ley de Fortalecimiento al Sector Agroindustrial, aimed at protecting domestic production and securing property rights. The measures allocate 100 million lempiras under the ComRural III Rural Innovation for Competitiveness Project, supporting 432 coffee, livestock, basic‑grain insurance subsidies and salt producers with infrastructure upgrades technical assistance, and export‑market access. Licences were granted tighten penalties for private importers to bring 100,000 quintals of beans and about 1.3 million quintals illegal land occupation. In parallel, SAG authorised the import of rice from South America with tariff exemptions, onions to stabilise domestic prices after a cooperation pact with shortfall in eastern production, and revived the Dominican Republic introduced high‑yield rice seed varieties, National Avocado Plan, providing kits, technical support and a debt‑restructuring programme offered rice farmers 15‑year loans at 2.5 % interest with an 80 % premium subsidy. A further 140 million lempira allocation is being used new packing plant to rehabilitate irrigation districts reduce reliance on imports. The government reaffirmed its 64.3 million‑lempira investment in Valle de Comayagua, Sulaco (Yoro), San Juan de Flores (Francisco Morazán), Nacaome (Valle) 432 coffee, livestock, grain and Santa Bárbara, salt producers, and maintained the 140 million‑lempira irrigation upgrade covering five districts, improving water‑use water efficiency for about 12,000 ha and roughly 1,500 farmers. 12,000 ha. The UN FAO, backed by the Regional Humanitarian Fund, has again delivered cash‑plus transfers of US$150 plus inputs assistance to 4,000 households in Choluteca, Valle and Comayagua, part of a US$600,000 tranche within a US$63.2 million humanitarian plan for the dry corridor. A prolonged drought across corridor, while grain‑reserve officials confirmed that national stocks remain adequate despite severe drought. To offset expected shortfalls, the Dry Corridor has devastated maize and bean harvests in Lepaterique and Sabanagrande, wiping out investments state will import about 5.5 million quintals of 25,000‑30,000 lempiras per farm rice and leaving hundreds 18‑19 million quintals of families without food or income. Producer groups have urged the government to adopt long‑term water‑management solutions yellow corn, and to reactivate abandoned irrigation infrastructure. In late July has secured high‑yield rice seed varieties from the government launched Dominican Republic. The drought’s impact deepened, with reports of up to 100 % crop loss in several departments, prompting calls for a red‑alert declaration and accelerated assistance. The four‑year, 12‑million‑lempira pilot to support the livestock sector, targeting about 3,000 small‑ and medium‑scale cattle producers in nine departments. Implemented by pilot, coordinated with Heifer International and coordinated with local agencies such as Copeco and the World Food Programme, the scheme could be expanded agencies, continues to up support around 3,000 small‑scale cattle producers. Overall, the government’s combined fiscal, legal and humanitarian actions aim to 50 million lempiras depending on execution capacity. bolster agricultural productivity, safeguard food supplies and mitigate climate‑related risks across Honduras.

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