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SAG Outlook Good for the New Year

News on December 29, 2010 by Administrator| 1 Comment

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG) of Honduras stated that the export of beef to countries in the region brought in over 20 million Lempiras in 2010.

Juan Carlos Ordóñez, the Vice Minister of Agriculture, reported that Honduras reached that figure by the reopening of the U.S. market, and the exports to Mexico and the Central American markets, such as El Salvador.

According to Ordóñez, projections for 2011 and 2012 are positive, due in part to the the negotiation of a trade agreement with the European Union, where Honduras achieved an export quota of 2,500 tons of meat.

Furthermore, in the year just ending, Honduras stopped importing 30 percent of the meat for consumption, resulting in a savings of six million dollars “that remained in the country,” he said.

The meat industry has an economic and social impact on Honduras. Of the 100,000 farmers, 90 percent are small operations, which generates lots of jobs. It is similar to coffee production, where there is participation by many producers on a small scale, the official explained.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, meat production is responsible for providing roughly 300 thousand jobs to Hondurans.

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Help for Honduran Job Hunters

News on December 28, 2010 by Administrator| Comments Off

The National Amigo Network is open in San Pedro Sula. The National Amigo Network is a nonprofit organization, supported by foundations, training organizations, corporations, the government, and academic entities, which hopes to more effectively help people without a job find work in Honduras. The project began in Tegucigalpa, and is intended to be taken to 18 cities nationwide.

How it Works

A mobile staff is stationed in kiosks, and placed in centrally located areas to collect the resumes of citizens who want work. The staff searches the labor supply companies in the area, and matches a person with the job that best suits their skills or knowledge, providing advice to facilitate their recruitment.

People who for some reason can not be hired, do not leave empty handed. Organizations are on hand, responsible for offering training courses in English, computing, accounting, or data processing to improve a person’s chance of getting a job.

In these mobile kiosks, a person is helped to prepare a resume, and is given a digital copy so an applicant can present it to a number of contracting firms. Hondurans can also receive advice on successful job interviewing.

Participants

The President of the National Association of Maquiladoras (Manufacturers) of Honduras, Daniel Facussé, said that beginning in January of 2011, they will need 18 to 20 thousand new workers in the industrial sector. In support of the launch of the National Amigo Network, manufacturers will hire their first employees through the program.

Support for the project is backed by foundations like the Vocational Training Institute (INFOP), the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Cortes (CCIC), the Social Development Foundation (FUNDEI), and the Advisory Center for Human Resources Development (CADERH).

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Arrests Taking Place in Colón

News on November 24, 2010 by Administrator| Comments Off

Members of the National Police and Armed Forces last week began arresting people in the Lower Aguán region of the Department of Colón for carrying illegal weapons.

President Porfirio Lobo Sosa reported yesterday, that they have found groups being trained in the use of arms there, and caches of weapons which could be responsible for the killing of roughly 20 farmers in recent months.

“Many people are being trained for armed struggle, so we began a massive operation that will last as long as necessary until we have all the weapons, and put an end to the deaths that have taken place in recent months,” stated President Lobo.

According to the President, the director of the National Agrarian Institute (INA), Cesar Ham, was unaware of this operation because the work to be done at this time is not of an administrative nature. There are groups who are being trained to generate crisis in the area. Security Secretary, Oscar Álvarez, was aware of the operation, as the President believes this is a task for intelligence and special operations – To put an end to such a loss of life due to conflict over land in the northern sector of the country.

The president said that there are about a thousand weapons, AKA-47s and other high caliber rifles circulating in the Aguán region; they suspect that there are even heavier arms.

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