By Danilo Valladares GUATEMALA CITY, Oct 16, 2010 (IPS) – Guatemala needs to take steps to prepare for even worse problems of hunger in 2011, caused by climate change and farmers’ heavy dependence on a few basic crops like corn and beans, experts warned on the occasion of World Food Day, celebrated Saturday. “The phenomenon [...]

The following excerpt is from a September 22, 2010 article published by WorldVision.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here. Each dollar spent on micronutrient programs targeting children aged less than two years means gains of more than US$17 in terms of fewer deaths, better health and increased future earnings. Although the [...]

The following article is from a July 28, 2010 article published by IPS.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here. GUATEMALA CITY, Jul 28, 2010 (IPS) – “Three-quarters of the fields are still under water. Maize, plantains, okra and pasture are all lost,” José Asencio told IPS at the village of Santa [...]

The following excerpt is from a May 19, 2010 article published by the Guatemalan Times.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here. The Andalusian Agency for Cooperation and the Ministry of Agriculture of Guatemala are starting a joint venture of rural development that promotes food security and reduction of child malnutrition in [...]

The following excerpt is from an April 9, 2010 article published by the UN News Centre.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here. 9 April 2010 – More than a month after the United Nations and its aid partners appealed for $34 million to respond to the food crisis in Guatemala, less [...]

The following excerpt is from an April 8, 2010 article published by Relief Web.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here. Sustained drought, soaring food prices and a sharp drop in money from relatives working abroad have left many thousands of Guatemalan families struggling to feed themselves. The Ramos family are among [...]

The following is an article that has been excerpted from AgriLife News on march 31, 2010.  To read the full article, please click here. By Paul Schattenberg CHIMALTENANGO, GUATEMALA – For the past year, farmers in and around the city of Chimaltenango have been benefiting from a U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded Guatemalan Food for Progress [...]

The following excerpt is from a March 29, 2010 announcement by Relief Web.  To read the entire report from USAid, please click here. The dry corridor, particularly in the eastern region, is receiving several kinds of food security assistance through different sources. Close coordination is essential to avoid duplication of efforts and to ensure wide [...]

The following excerpt is from a March 5, 2010 article published by the UN News Centre.  Click here to read the article in its entirety. 5 March 2010 – The United Nations, together with the Guatemalan Government and aid partners, today launched a $34 million appeal to counter food shortages affecting 2.7 million people living [...]

The following excerpt is from a March 3, 2010 article published by Relief Web.  To read the article in its entirety, click here. Siriaco Mejia is an optimist. His friend Gloria Gonzalez says he is always smiling, even when he is in trouble. He just has a positive outlook. But even Mejia was unable to [...]

The following excerpt is from a January 26, 2010 article published by The Latin American Herald Tribune.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here. GUATEMALA CITY – The Guatemalan government will invest some 1.7 billion quetzales ($203 million) in 2001 [sic] to guarantee the country’s food security, officials said on Tuesday. Several [...]

The following excerpt is from a January 10 article published by ECOWorld.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here. BRUSSELS, Jan. 8 (UPI) — A drought-stricken section of Guatemala will receive almost $2 million in emergency humanitarian aid from the European Commission, officials say. The EC’s Humanitarian Aid department has set aside [...]

The following excerpt is from a January 6, 2010 article published by UN Dispatch.  To view the article in its entirety, please click here. In an interview with Guatemala’s Prensa Libre (Spanish), Irma Palma, the acting director of the World Food Programme field office, says that the WFP will be forced to send out a flash appeal in [...]

The following excerpt is from a December 23, 2009 article published by Reuters AlertNet.  To view the article in its entirety, please click here. 23 Dec 2009 21:40:00 GMT Source: Action Against Hunger – USA Susannah Masur CHIQUIMULA, GUATEMALA Surveys carried out by Action Against Hunger / ACF International along the Guatemalan border with Honduras show [...]

The following excerpt is from a November 26, 2009 article from the Miami Herald.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here. The U.S. has begun delivering food to Guatemalans suffering through a long drought. By EZRA FIESER Special to The Miami Herald EL MOJON CHIQUIMULA, Guatemala — Nine-year-old Lide Ramirez and her [...]

By: Danilo Valladares The following excerpt is from an article published on November 4, 2009 by Inter Press Service.  To view the article in its entirety, please click here. GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 4 (IPS) – Juan Manuel Ardón’s bones jut out and his hair is dull and thin: signs of severe malnutrition. He is so [...]

The following excerpt is from an October 14, 2009 article published by Reuters.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here.  BENTONVILLE, Ark., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Walmart Foundation announced today a donation of $350,000 in disaster relief for people impacted by recent droughts in Guatemala, flooding in southern India and natural [...]

The following excerpt is from an October 7, 2009 article published by Relief Web  to read the article in its entirety, please click here. OAS, PADF Respond to Government’s Plea for Food Washington, D.C. Oct. 5, 2009 – Four cargo containers with desperately needed food will be sent to Guatemala’s drought-stricken regions to help stave [...]

The following excerpt is from an October 4, 2009 article published by The Miami Herald.  To view the article in its entirety, please click here. BY TRENTON DANIEL JALAPA, Guatemala — Some children check in. Others don’t get to. Those who make it to the Nicolasa Cruz hospital do so because a parent cobbled together [...]

The following excerpt is from an October 1, 2009 article from the Latin American Herald Tribune.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here. GUATEMALA CITY – Some 208,723 tons of white corn have been lost this year in Guatemala as a result of a prolonged drought, the Agriculture Ministry said Wednesday. A [...]