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Erratic weather patterns in the Central American Dry Corridor leave 1.4 million people in urgent need of food assistance | World Food Programme

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What this article backs

• El Salvador Crop Failure ↑ El Salvador Food Insecurity

• El Salvador Crop Failure increases El Salvador Food Insecurity.

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2.2 million people in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua have lost their crops due to rainfall and drought; 1.4 million urgently need food assistance.

up to 82 percent of the families have sold their farming tools and animals to purchase food. They even skip meals or eat less nutritious foods.