The climate of the Central American countries, which include Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, is tropical with distinct rainy and dry seasons.

Rice has fed more people than any other crop has for thousands of years. The ancient Indian name for rice, Dhanya, means "sustenance for the human race." Especially in much of Asia, life without rice has been unthinkable. Rice feeds more than half of the world population, but most rice is consumed within ten miles of where it is produced.

Rice crop needs a hot and humid climate. It is best suited to regions which have high humidity, prolonged sunshine and an assured supply of water.

Rice is the second largest crop in planting acreage after wheat. Global rice production was 596.5 million tons from 155 million hectares (ha) in 1999. The major rice growing regions are found in more than a hundred countries in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. But major rice exporting countries only include Thailand, the United States, Vietnam, Pakistan, and India. About 85 percent of total rice production is for human consumption. Rice provides 23 percent of the global human per capita energy and 16 percent of the per capita protein (IRRI, 1997). In Asia, where people typically eat rice two or three times a day, 250 million rice farms (the average rice land per farm is less than 1 ha) produce more than 90 percent of the world's rice. For example, Myanmar consumes 195 kg of rice per capita per year, whereas the average annual rice consumptions in Europe and America are 3 kg and 7 kg, respectively. The three most populous nations, China, India, and Indonesia, are rice-based countries, which together have 2.5 billion people (about half of the current world population).

The Bronx, New York gets 48 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

The Bronx averages 26 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 200 sunny days per year in The Bronx. The US average is 205 sunny days.

April 1st marked the 90th anniversary of the development of the modern sweet pepper, also known as the bell pepper. In Central America, Mexico, and northern South America there is evidence that numerous types of peppers.

The climate in South America is much more volatile further south. The weather in Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, as well as the northern part of Argentina and southern Brazil tends to be warm and in summer (November to March) with average temperatures of around 80°F (27°C) and slightly cooler in winter (April to October) with an average of 65°F (18°C). Summers in this area of South America are also wetter, with an average rainfall of 5-6 inches (13-15cm) per month.

Onions are one of the oldest cultivated vegetables in our history, originating in central Asia from where it spread across entire world. 
Onions were easy to grow on any kind of soil, any type of weather ecosystem, and were easy to store, dry, and preserve during winters.