| Jan 3 2023 | Panama Rice and Corn Outlook for MY 2022/23 |
Panama Rice
With rice being grown throughout the country, Panama is the second largest rice producer
in Central America. Panama is also a market for rice exports from the United States.
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| May 18 2021 | Central America: Hurricanes Eta and Iota Damaged Grains in
Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador; Some Recovery Expected in MY 2021/2022 |
Hurricane Eta and Hurricane Iota landed on Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast as Category 4
hurricanes, on November 3, 2020 and November 16, 2020, respectively, causing damage
to crops, infrastructure (roads, buildings, and bridges), and human lives throughout
Central America from flooding, strong winds, and landslides (see Figure 1). These
hurricanes have been considered the most damaging to Honduras and Nicaragua since
Hurricane Mitch in November 1998.
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| Jun 28 2018 | Honduras 2017/18 Crop Updates and Training Workshop |
Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) personnel from the Office of Capacity Building and Development (OCBD), Development Resources and Disaster Assistance Division, in collaboration with the Office of Global Analysis (OGA), International Production Assessment Division traveled to Honduras to better understand cropping systems and to provide a geographic information systems (GIS) technical workshop for the staff at the Agro-Food Information Service (INFOAGRO).
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| Nov 29 2017 | Caribbean 2017/18 Rice Production: An Active Hurricane Season |
The 2017 Caribbean hurricane season (which typically extends from June through November) was more active than usual. Two category 5 hurricanes (the highest category on the Saffir-Simpson scale) made landfall in the Caribbean and in Florida. Hurricanes Irma (See Figure 1) and Maria pummeled the Caribbean with devastating winds and extensive flooding. Hurricane Harvey, a category 4 storm when it made landfall in Texas, bypassed the Caribbean to the south and caused little to no damage to the Caribbean Islands. Hurricane Irma, however, caused extensive flooding on Cuba’s northern shore. For more information contact Katie McGaughey (Katie.McGaughey@fas.usda.gov).
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| Sep 29 2017 | Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua Rice Production |
Rice in Central America is produced mainly in Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Since production in each country is not enough to satisfy domestic demand, these countries also rely on rice imports. Panama’s domestic production accounts for approximately 40 percent of domestic demand, with Costa Rica slightly above 50 percent and Nicaragua around 70 percent. Rice is the main staple food; consumption per person is approximately 74 kilograms per year in Panama (one of the highest in the world), 45 kilograms per year in Costa Rica, and 53 kilograms per year in Nicaragua.
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| Jul 24 2001 | Below-Normal Precipitation May Shrink 2001 Crop Output for Honduras and Nicaragua |
Harvested grain area in parts of Honduras and Nicaragua will be significantly lower than originally anticipated for the 2001 crop season, as insufficient moisture has rendered some planted area unproductive and likely will cut along a corridor roughly from yields. Dryness likely will lower total production in central Honduras, the north coast city La Ceiba, southward through Nicaragua to the south coast city of Leon. This "corridor of dryness" includes important corn, sorghum, and rice fields in Honduras (Yoro, Comayagua, Francisco Morazan, Valle, and Choluteca) and Nicaragua (Nueva Segovia, Jinotega, Madriz, Esteli, Matagalpa, Leon, Boaco, and Chontales).
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