Honduras

Approach

Honduras has experienced a moderate recovery since the 2008-2009 global economic downturn. Despite this encouraging trend, economic gains over the past several years have largely favored the middle and upper classes, leading to greater income disparity in the country. Poverty and undernutrition continue to limit many Hondurans from leading more productive lives, therefore hampering the development of the next generation. More than 60 percent of Honduras’ extreme poor live in rural areas with limited access to basic services such as clean water, energy, and infrastructure, which exacerbates poor health and sanitation. Twenty-five percent of children are stunted in rural western Honduras, where Feed the Future works.

Honduras is also one of the most vulnerable countries to climate shocks, which exacerbate poverty and food insecurity and make agriculture more difficult as some areas become warmer and rain patterns become more erratic, altering production and market patterns.

Feed the Future’s work in Honduras helps families diversify their incomes and crops, gain access to lucrative markets, and tap into growth opportunities both on and off the farm. Health and nutrition interventions are strengthening community health centers and volunteer services, with a focus on children under five years of age, and improving household diets and hygiene and child feeding practices.

Feed the Future introduces adaptive agricultural practices to improve crop and household resilience. Feed the Future also ensures that both women and men benefit from new opportunities by supporting post-production jobs and enterprises, which are ideal opportunities for rural women.

Activities