By Carlos de los Rios | Senior Research Coordinator
Data collection from farmers is now about 80% complete, and we anticipate finishing in September. The good news is that no major stoppages of surveying have occurred, given the continued stress of the political and economic challenges here. At one point, the surveyors paused their work due to a local march but the impact to those working in the area was minimal and they were able to continue soon afterward.
The next steps for us are:
An early observation is that some of the farmers we several years ago are no longer cultivating coffee. While this is the case for a small number, it appears to be a larger percentage than what we would have anticipated. Low coffee prices have forced some farmers to seek out other work or move, even selling their land.
A second observation is that now a larger number of farmers believe that the current political situation in Nicaragua has had a significant impact on their income. This was not the case several years earlier, before the political turmoil that continues today, began.
We anticipate that we will be able to share the learning about resilience in this Nicaragua project for our next report – and barring any extraordinary on-the-ground complications.
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