Coffee Sector Faces Critical Shortage of Harvest Workers

Published on Honduras Daily · Jul 17, 2026 · Originally reported July 17, 2026 by Radio Cadena Voces (X)

Coffee grower Fredy Pastrana warns that Honduras's coffee industry is losing production for lack of pickers—worsened by poor roads and missing basic services in growing areas—and calls for policies to make farm work more appealing.

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