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UNICEF told Congress that over 5,000 Honduran schools—about 27% of the total—lack access to clean water and sanitation, hampering child health and nutrition; lawmakers are exploring which state agency should coordinate repairs and technical support to municipalities.

A congressional food-security committee met with agricultural ministry experts to review the Honduras Zero-Hunger 2035 program, which aims to integrate a national irrigation plan into the 2027 budget and advance Honduras's commitment to ending hunger by 2035.

Congress agricultural and food-security committees convened producers from five departments and government agencies to draft a law addressing land tenure, resource conflicts, and sustainable agriculture in regions including Colón, El Paraíso, Gracias a Dios, Olancho, and Yoro.

Honduras's congressional Food Security Commission met with the FAO and Spanish international development agency to review a family-agriculture proposal aimed at reducing food insecurity and helping small farmers become government suppliers.

Congress unanimously approved a measure requiring the emergency agency Copeco, the Agriculture Ministry, and the municipal association Amhon to report within two weeks on drought conditions affecting 75 municipalities in the Dry Corridor, where El Niño has cut rainfall by half.