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Honduras's $750,000 cloud-seeding program, designed to combat drought, has finished its originally planned 20 flights and will carry out two additional missions using 180 liters of remaining silver iodide, for a total of 22 flights.

Agriculture Minister Moisés Molina says three cloud-seeding flights have shown favorable results in drought-prone areas, with half the planned flights still to come and officials evaluating whether to expand the program, which is partly funded by sugar and vegetable producers.

Juticalpa Mayor Wagner Castro said that high fuel prices and severe drought are damaging agricultural output across Olancho, with corn and bean crops hit hardest and livestock suffering malnutrition from lack of feed.

Honduras has completed eight cloud-seeding flights using silver iodide in drought-stricken regions including the Dry Corridor, with twelve operations remaining pending suitable atmospheric conditions; farmers report heavier rainfall after roughly ten months of drought.

The government is beginning a three-month cloud-seeding operation using silver iodide to stimulate rainfall in agricultural and water-supply areas, with a Mexican company conducting up to 20 flights at a cost of roughly $600,000–$700,000.

Honduras has signed an agreement to build water-harvesting reservoirs in drought-prone agricultural areas, with technical studies identifying about 2,000 suitable sites nationwide to help farmers and ranchers cope with recurring dry periods.

The Agriculture Ministry confirmed Honduras will launch an artificial rainfall-stimulation program targeting up to two million hectares affected by drought, with priority given to farmers and families in the Dry Corridor region.

A severe drought in Guajiquiro, La Paz, has destroyed corn and bean crops for approximately 1,500 farming families across 44 communities, threatening food security and forcing residents to seek alternative income while the municipality requests 4.5 million lempiras monthly (about $180,000) in government assistance.

A severe drought in Caridad, Valle, has wiped out up to 100% of some harvests and depleted water supplies, affecting about 800 farmers, with the mayor warning that reduced local production could drive up food prices as dependence on outside sources grows.

Gabriela Castellanos, executive director of the National Anti-Corruption Council, criticized the government's handling of a drought affecting dozens of Honduran municipalities, calling it "political negligence" and warning that state efforts remain insufficient for a structural crisis.

Farmers in Sabanagrande, Francisco Morazán, are turning to hydroponic farming to maintain food production and cope with water scarcity amid climate variability.

The mayor of San Miguelito in Francisco Morazán reports that severe drought has destroyed all crops and forced farmers to sell cattle at half their normal price, with no rain since May and water sources running dry.

Farmers and livestock producers in Yoro have lost an estimated 150 million lempiras (about $6 million) to drought, with corn crops failing, milk production down 40%, and cattle herds shrinking as pasture vanishes and rural employment collapses.

The government will fund about 3,000 water-harvesting reservoirs nationwide, using geomembranes to store seasonal rainfall for livestock and irrigation during dry months, as drought has killed 300 cattle and cut milk output by 50% on unprepared farms.

Agroindustrial leader Gustavo Flores cautioned that climate change could disrupt Honduras's agricultural output and threaten the country's food security and access to basic grains.

Drought, soaring prices for seeds and fertilizer, and limited access to credit are cutting production of Honduras's staple grains, corn and beans, officials warn.

Honduran coffee exporters say all the country's coffee farms are prepared for evaluation under new European Union requirements that ban imports from land cleared of forest, a standard for selling into European markets.

Honduras's agricultural science agency is strengthening the genetic traits of corn, rice, and beans to improve their resilience to drought and climate-change impacts.