The Primera harvest will ease the lack of reserves and reduction in income
KEY MESSAGES
Food security conditions across the country are stable, at Minimal (IPC Phase 1) acute food insecurity. However, households in the western part of the country affected by last year’s extended dry spell are facing Stressed (IPC Phase 2) food security outcomes.
In localized areas, the coffee rust outbreak will sharply reduce the demand for unskilled labor for the coffee harvest between October and March. The group most affected by crop losses will be small-scale coffee growers with no staple grain crops.
According to the Crop Monitoring System, soil moisture conditions are conducive to normal growth and development of Primera crops, particularly maize and beans. Harvests throughout the country are expected to be average. .