This paper examines the continuing effects of COVID-19 and exposure to weather extremes on income, dietary, and migration outcomes in the rural area of Guatemala.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound effects on livelihoods and food security across rural populations worldwide.
Guatemala experiences high and continued chronic malnutrition and poverty rates, with a particular concentration around predominantly rural and indigenous areas in the Western Highlands.
Guatemala experiences high and continued chronic malnutrition and poverty rates, with a particular concentration around predominantly rural and indigenous areas in the Western Highlands.
International migration is a recurrent and growing phenomenon and a large share of emigrants originate from rural areas. This study examines the association between climatic stresses and rural emigration in Guatemala.
This paper examines the continuing effects of COVID-19 and exposure to weather extremes on income, dietary, and migration outcomes in rural Guatemala.
As COVID-19 vaccines are becoming available, governments will need to assess the number and location of the most vulnerable people within their populations.
In anticipation of the development of a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine—the distribution of which will be a complex and sensitive issue—governments will need to assess the number and location of the most vulnerable people within their populati
Aflatoxins affect the health of close to 70 percent of the population of the world through contaminated food.
Climate change will be a significant challenge to farmers in Guatemala.
El cambio climático representa una amenaza para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición, sobre todo por su impacto en la producción agrícola.
Climate change poses a threat to food security and nutrition, largely through its impacts on agricultural production.
In the Western Highlands of Guatemala, not only is climate change a threat to agriculture, but adaptation strategies are challenged by the context of a society torn apart by decades of violent conflict.