El Salvador - GFDRR
El Salvador - GFDRR
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II. POPULATION AND AFFECTED AREAS | 41<br />
In terms of damages, aquaculture was the most affected, in the amount of US$299,800, especially<br />
to pond gates. Production losses refer to captures that could not be made, totaling more than US$1 million,<br />
divided into US$857,000 for artisanal fishing and US$179,000 for industrial fishing, including white<br />
shrimp, juvenile southern white shrimp and prawn.<br />
In terms of aquaculture, losses occurred in shrimp and tilapia, with a total loss of US$109,200.<br />
Damages and losses in the fishery and aquaculture sector totaled US$1.4 million, with the most damages<br />
related to artisanal fishermen because of the days they could not go out to fish.<br />
e) Workdays Lost<br />
In total, due to the storms, the agricultural subsector lost 964,186 workdays, representing 3,857 direct<br />
jobs. This means that peasants who work in agricultural and livestock activities lost US$3.1 million in<br />
wages. 28<br />
No information is available on workdays lost in the livestock and fishery sectors.<br />
TABLE 15. EL SALVADOR: WORKDAYS AND JOBS LOST IN AGRICULTURE<br />
DUE TO TORRENTIAL RAINS, NOVEMBER 2009<br />
(Number of daily wages and jobs)<br />
Workdays<br />
Direct jobs<br />
Expected Lost Expected a Lost<br />
Basic grains 24,424,617 803,377 97,698 3,214<br />
Corn 14,674,781 66,571 58,699 266<br />
Beans 6,801,146 725,239 27,205 2,901<br />
Sorghum 2,535,005 315 10,140 1<br />
Unhusked rice 413,685 11,252 1 655 45<br />
Vegetables 1,394,451 4,885 5 578 20<br />
Tomato 401,184 151 1 605 1<br />
Loroco 112,518 3,357 450 13<br />
Manioc (cassava) 109,402 525 438 2<br />
Pipián (squash) 159,600 406 638 2<br />
Chile 195,020 182 780 1<br />
Corn 185,850 70 743 0<br />
Green beans 23,678 157 95 1<br />
Watermelon 207,200 38 829 0<br />
Fruits 331,688 980 1,327 4<br />
Banana 317,240 350 1,269 1<br />
Guava 14,448 630 58 3<br />
For export 21,718,060 154,943 86,872 620<br />
Coffee 16,940,000 135,750 67,760 543<br />
Sugar cane 4,710,860 18,899 18,843 76<br />
Sesame seed 67,200 294 269 1<br />
Total 47,868,816 964,186 191,475 3,857<br />
Source: CEPAL, based on production cost information provided by the General Bureau of Agricultural and Livestock Economics (DGEA) of<br />
the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG).<br />
a<br />
One job equals 250 workdays.<br />
28<br />
The minimum wage as of January 2009 is US$3.24 per day.