"When 70% of my crop was destroyed, I was forced to look for other horizons. A future in agriculture seemed too uncertain at the time," says Honduran farmer Felix Zelaya.
Felix's story is not an isolated one. In recent years, between 70 and 80 percent of the crops of basic grains such as maize and beans have been lost in Central America. Climate change is one of the main drivers of rural migration. One of the needs of producing families is access to productive technologies that allow them to strengthen their resilience to the threats of climate change.
In Honduras - and the rest of the world - farmers are limited in their ability to cope with the imminent consequences of climate change:
While the population, is in the following situation in terms of food consumption:
Previously there were no environmentally friendly pesticides. Applying harmful pesticides not only hurts the consumer, but also ourselves and the people who quietly walk around their crops. Juan Gómez, 24-year-old farmer, Chiligatoro, Honduras
This is only the beginning. After learning and trying this hydroponic greenhouse I will put another one in and give more jobs to the people in my community
Faced with this situation, one of the viable alternatives is to provide producing families with technology such as hydroponics, through their associative companies. Under this production system, farming families will be mitigating the impacts of climate change and will be more efficient by reducing water use by 70%, while at the same time contributing to the conservation of the environment. To this end, the initiative includes:
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