Rising Food Prices Squeeze Honduran Households

Published on Honduras Daily · Jun 20, 2026 · Originally reported June 19, 2026 by Diario Roatán

A UNAH food-security monitor reports steady increases in the cost of staples—beef, pork, eggs, oil, and beans each rose 1 to 10 lempiras in early June—outpacing minimum-wage gains and pushing an estimated 2.2 million Hondurans toward food insecurity by year's end.