Crop Shortage in El Salvador

Wilber is a farmer from El Salvador. He is in his sixties. He had been farming for many years, when his land stopped having productive yields, and made it difficult for him to feed his family. Three of his children left El Salvador, and went to the United States for survival. Wilber remained hopeful that his land would begin producing more crops again, but if not, he knew that he might need to consider moving the rest of his family to the United States as well.

Wilber did not specifically fault climate change for his crops doing poorly; he stated that he “had a sense that it was some international issue” and that he “was sure that something was happening in the world that was impacting his crops”. Sometimes migrants in Wilber’s situation don’t necessarily understand why climate change is affecting them, but they feel its effects nonetheless. Temperature in El Salvador is rising, while droughts are increasing. This affects crop and plant growth, and causes major living problems.

(Source: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/root-migration-climate-change-caravan-central-america)