US Vice President Kamala Harris said the government would help Central American farmers affected by climate change. The vice president will spearhead President Joe Biden’s initiative to address the migration issue on the US-Mexico border. The US Department of Agriculture “will increase our focus and resources to help farmers in this region who have been devastated by the weather and drought crisis,” Harris said of the “State of the” program. Union”. CNN Network. Harris said climate change is one of the root causes of increased migration, due to extreme weather conditions, such as drought, devastating Central America’s agricultural industry. “It’s not just about the economic devastation and what we need to do to help with economic aid and development, but there is extreme hunger there, there is food insecurity,” Harris said. . “If parents and children literally cannot eat, if they cannot have the essentials that everyone needs to live, of course they will run away,” he added. The vice-president will meet virtually with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Tuesday and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on May 7. You may be interested: Senator is banned from the airline for not wearing a mask (with information from Excelsior)