While online seeking professors proficient in goat milk research, Karen Hernandez stumbled upon Dr. Young Park, an internationally recognized expert in dairy goat research at Fort Valley State University. After making contact by email, the Honduran student knew the institution would be a good place to gather data for her thesis before a December graduation. […]
The Ministry of Agriculture (SAG), the National Agricultural Health Service, (SENASA) and the International Regional Organization for Agricultural Health, (ORISA) today announced that Honduras may begin exporting pork to foreign markets. The statement was issued by the Minister of SAG, Jacobo Regalado, who said that after complying with the guidelines, documentation, and supporting a process […]
PRESS RELEASE Agriculture: The Unlikely Earth Day Hero This Earth Day, Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet team recommends 15 ways that agriculture can address environmental challenges while also alleviating hunger, reducing malnutrition, and lifting people out of poverty. Washington, D.C. – Rising temperatures, erratic weather, population growth, and scarce water resources – along with growing […]
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 […]
Honduras will produce 6.4 percent more coffee in the upcoming 2010/11 season as farmers, spurred on by high prices, buy more fertilizers and expand their coffee growing land, the head of the national coffee association said. According to Marcial Flores, Honduras sees production for the 2010/11 season at 3.83 million 60-bags of coffee compared with […]