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Central American countries face some of the greatest vulnerability to climate change in the world, including impacts on agriculture in the region due to changes in rainfall and increased intensity and severity of extreme weather events. Food security in a region where the agricultural sector is largely composed of small holders is already tenuous, with climate change and variability increasing the challenges faced by national governments, regional organizations, and the farmers themselves.聽On June 19, 2014, the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson Center, in coordination with USAID/El Salvador and Comisi贸n Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD), brought together a group of experts and practitioners to discuss these issues. As part of the seminar, 鈥�Cambio Clim谩tico y Seguridad Alimentaria en Am茅rica Central: Casos de Estudio de Adaptaci贸n鈥� (Climate Change and Food Security in Central America: Case Studies in Adaptation), representatives from NGOs and government ministries in eight different countries gathered in San Salvador, El Salvador to discuss climate change adaptation and food security in Central America, including the role of women and related population dynamics challenges.聽The event featured presentations by the relevant secretariats of 聽Sistema de Integraci贸n Centroamericana (SICA): Manuel Jim茅nez Uma帽a, of Consejo Agropecuario Centroamericano (CAC); V铆ctor Ram铆rez, of Centro de Coordinaci贸n para la Prevenci贸n de los Desastres Naturales (CEPREDENAC); Patricia Ram铆rez, of 聽Comit茅 Regional de Recursos Hidr谩ulicos (CRRH); and Christa Castro Varela, of Comisi贸n Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD). Sandeep Bathala of 澳门六合彩 presented on women鈥檚 roles in climate change adaptation and food security, including the linkages between populations dynamics, reproductive health, and responses to climate change and food security vulnerabilities. Nancy McCarthy of Lead Analytics, who has also worked with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and on the Fifth IPCC Assessment Report, discussed Climate-Smart Agriculture and the importance of conservation agriculture and other sustainable practices to ensuring food security, as well as the challenges to implementing these practices. Jaime L贸pez Mart铆nez and Jos茅 Luis Arellano Monterroasas, of the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agr铆colas y Pecuarias and Comisi贸n Nacional del Agua in Mexico (respectively), offered in-depth presentations of their collaborative work on the watersheds (cuencas) of rivers in the Sierra Madre mountain range in Chiapas, Mexico.聽To read full summary, see below.聽