Coffee farms in central Honduras are working with half the pickers, mainly due to the migration of many of them to the United States in search of a better life. The same is also happening in the Central Valley of Costa Rica, at the other end of Central America, where the Hersaca Tres María farm suffers the same reduction of hands to pick coffee, in this case, due to the decrease of Nicaraguans arriving this season. Coffee shortages in Latin America can affect global prices.
Elsy Mejia and her two-year-old daughter Alexa are seen at the “El Encanto” farm in a mountain in Siguatepeque, Honduras on February 9, 2023. – The “El Encanto” coffee farm, nestled on a high mountain in central Honduras, is working with half the pickers, mainly due to the migration of many of them to the United States in search of a better life. In the Central Valley of Costa Rica, at the other end of Central America, the Hersaca Tres María farm suffers the same reduction of hands to pick coffee, in this case, due to the decrease of Nicaraguans arriving this season. (Photo by Orlando SIERRA / AFP)A child plays with a bag of coffee beans at the “El Encanto” farm in a mountain in Siguatepeque, Honduras on February 9, 2023. – The “El Encanto” coffee farm, nestled on a high mountain in central Honduras, is working with half the pickers, mainly due to the migration of many of them to the United States in search of a better life. In the Central Valley of Costa Rica, at the other end of Central America, the Hersaca Tres María farm suffers the same reduction of hands to pick coffee, in this case, due to the decrease of Nicaraguans arriving this season. (Photo by Orlando SIERRA / AFP)A worker cuts and collects coffee fruits in a coffee plantation in Heredia, Costa Rica, on February 3, 2023. – The “El Encanto” coffee farm, nestled on a high mountain in central Honduras, is working with half the pickers, mainly due to the migration of many of them to the United States in search of a better life. In the Central Valley of Costa Rica, at the other end of Central America, the Hersaca Tres María farm suffers the same reduction of hands to pick coffee, in this case, due to the decrease of Nicaraguans arriving this season. (Photo by Ezequiel BECERRA / AFP)Two-year-old Alexa grabs a branch of a coffee plant while helping her mother Elsy Mejia as she works cutting coffee beans at the “El Encanto” farm in a mountain in Siguatepeque, Honduras on February 9, 2023. – The “El Encanto” coffee farm, nestled on a high mountain in central Honduras, is working with half the pickers, mainly due to the migration of many of them to the United States in search of a better life. In the Central Valley of Costa Rica, at the other end of Central America, the Hersaca Tres María farm suffers the same reduction of hands to pick coffee, in this case, due to the decrease of Nicaraguans arriving this season. (Photo by Orlando SIERRA / AFP)
