The Primera growing season for staple grain crops is underway throughout the country
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Seasonal prices for staple grains have started to rise with the end of the second production cycle. However, they are still low enough to partially offset the loss of purchasing power by households affected by the coffee rust outbreak and crop losses from last year’s extended dry spell.
With the rainy season already established early in June, the Primera growing season is underway all across the country.
There will be Minimal acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 1) throughout the country between now and September. The only exception are households in temperate highland areas suffering crop losses from last year’s extended dry spell, which will continue to face Stressed food security outcomes (IPC Phase 2) until the next harvest at the end of the year.