Results of UN's Agriculture program in El Salvador

In Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, governments are looking at ways to halt the migration as a rural development program ‘Agriculture’ is having positive results.

For young people in El Salvador, choices are stark: not earning income, turn to crime to make a living, or leave the country in search of work."This migration mainly affects youth, particularly the youth looking for new opportunities, a better income, especially by migrating to the United States,"head of the International Fund for Agricultural Development for Latin America and the Caribbeansaid. Climate change has added a new hurdle for some people who previously considered working on family farms and now choose to leave because of the difficulties of growing crops with unpredictable weather. The UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) pondered the program funded jointly with the government of El Salvador.