In order to strengthen the agricultural exports chain, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG) organized a workshop given by Chilean experts on how to improve the phytosanitary measures of the products shipped abroad. The workshop also aims at improving the Food Safety Assurance System. This week, the authorities of the SAG and the Federation […]
Ramón Duarte, the general secretary of the union of the Standard Fruit SUTRASFCO Company, stated that their goal for this year was to expand banana production by 1,200 hectares (2,965 Acres). According to Duarte the expansion plan has 2 goals: increasing banana production improving their quality so as to be more competitive and become the […]
The coordinator of the Sectorial Office of Economic Development, Arnaldo Castillo, stated that, after an open dialogue, the Government reached an important agreement with Honduras’ onion importing and producing sectors. He stressed that the government would support the arrangements agreed between the producing and importing sectors. The import sector pledged to buy all of the […]
The Central Bank of Honduras stated that the country’s banana exports between January and November 2015 increased by 11.5% in value and 7.3% in volume when compared to the same period of 2014. During the reference period, banana sales amounted to $442.7 million dollars, i.e. 11.5% more than the $397.2 million dollars achieved in the […]
Local coffee company Cafe Organico Marcala (COMSA) was forced to rent out a nearby soccer field this year and cover it with plastic sheets to air out coffee cherries after their cement-drying patios overflowed. “We’ve had an avalanche of coffee,” COMSA’s manager Rodolfo Penalba said, as workers raked beans over the plastic in neat rows. […]