Tag Archives: Food Security

Agroecology project in Las Anonas a success / Proyecto Agroecológico en Las Anonas, un Éxito

(ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Agroecological practices offer a useful tool in the effort to combat climate change and assure food security. CRIPDES, The Association for Development in El Salvador, secured funding from the United Nations through the GEF Small Grants Programme and selected the community of Las Anonas de Santa Cruz as a beneficiary of a $25,000 […]

CONFRAS forecasts less cultivated area and less food for El Salvador this year

(PUBLICADO ORIGINALMENTE POR DIARIO CO-LATINO)   The Confederation of Federations of the Salvadoran Agrarian Reform (CONFRAS) considers that this year there will be a decrease in the national production of basic grains and vegetables, given the increased cost of inputs for agricultural production and little government support. They say that this, in turn, will generate […]

CCR work featured on Diario Co-Latino

Even though we are facing a pandemic and uncertainty about Government policies, the CRIPDES branch in Chalatenango, CCR keeps working and Diario Co-Latino reports about it:   “I have learned to prepare the soil and organic fertilizer, and also to plant more crops. These are difficult times but with organic gardens, we have different leaves […]

PROGRESO update: entrega de víveres

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   On Friday, CRIPDES regional in Suchitoto, PROGRESO, made the first delivery of groceries to 74 families in the communities with which this effort began, Agua Caliente and Pepeistenango. PROGRESO is very grateful to the entire population who, from their communities and homes, make an effort to combat the COVID-19 virus by […]

La Libertad update / actualización – 23-4-20

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   As previously reported, the CRIPDES SUR LA LIBERTAD team has requested the support from donors and partner organizations to aid families that did not receive $ 300 from the government. Today they share photos (and video) of the supplies delivery in El Charcón, Chilama and the El Faro community. The government […]

Chalatenango update – 23-4-20

Chalatenango has reported its first 3 cases of coronavirus. It used to be the only department with no cases. All of them live in the municipality of Nueva Concepcion. Amid these challenges, Juana Morales, from the CCR, keeps working with the groups of women. Through whatsapp they keep encouraging each other to carry on the […]

Another community update – COVID19

We keep trying to communicate with the community boards of our sistered communities to learn how everything is unfolding during the COVID19 pandemic.   Our friends in El Papaturro state that: The community board handed flyers and a mask in each household, so they have one to go shopping their groceries. They feel optimistic because […]

Update from our friends from MOPAO

The restrictions during the COVID19 pandemic are also affecting small farmers such as our friend in the Popular Movement of Organic Agriculture (MOPAO) in Tecoluca. They inform us that people over there are dealing with their own gardens and that they have organized a small market at “Radio Tehuacán” to sell some of their products. […]

Update – people look for their economic support

President Nayib Bukele promised $300 USD to people affected by the COVID19 pandemic. First, they said people should log in to the webpage emergencia.covid19.gob.sv. He later said that some people attacked the website and, because of that, it was not working. They created another one: covid19-elsalvador.com, which, after warning you that it might be a […]

International Organizations Call on El Salvador to Recognize Human Rights to Food and Water

Yesterday, 132 international organizations sent a letter to El Salvador’s legislature expressing support for a proposal to enshrine the human rights to food and water in the country’s Constitution. The groups, which represent 18 countries as well as several regional and international alliances, include immigrant, environmental, labor, religious, family farmer, development, and solidarity organizations. “El […]