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>The fourth round of Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) was conducted from 30 November to 19 December 2024 in Honduras.
>Thirty-eight percent of households faced some type of shock. The main shocks reported were intense rains and flooding from recent tropical cyclones.
>Twenty-three percent of surveyed households were engaged in crop production. Of these, 61 percent reported corn as their main crop, 14 percent reported beans and 13 percent reported coffee.
>Of the total agricultural households, 59 percent reported production difficulties, particularly due to heavy rains (32 percent), pest outbreaks (20 percent), insufficient water for irrigation or little rain (14 percent), and plant disease (14 percent).
>Sixteen percent of surveyed households were engaged in animal production, of which 41 percent faced production difficulties, particularly livestock diseases and difficulties obtaining food.
>Twenty-one percent of households reported low dietary diversity, an increase from the third round (8.5 percent).
>Lack of money or food led households to resort to coping strategies. Thirty-eight percent implemented emergency strategies, 28 percent implemented crisis strategies and 15 percent implemented stress strategies.
>Sixty-three percent of households reported needing assistance to carry out agricultural activities, mainly in Choluteca, Copan, Cortes, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, Intibucá, Lempira, Olancho and Santa Barbara.
>Fifteen percent of agricultural households reported that members had migrated within or outside the country permanently. Nineteen percent of agricultural households reported receiving remittances, and 38 percent received them once a month or more often.