Study: Climate change could fry key crops for Central American farmers

WASHINGTON — A small plot of land provides a single mother in Honduras with the corn and beans her family needs to eat, but as a result of recent droughts, she's left peeling back the husk of her shrinking cornstalks asking, "What can I do?"

Paul Hicks, regional coordinator for Global Water Initiative, an international coalition that includes Catholic Relief Services, visited this woman and many like her during the study leading up to the Oct. 9 release of "Tortillas on the Roaster." Hicks estimated Central Americans who farm to support only their families make up about 50 percent of Central American farmers.