TEGUCIGALPA – In June, 56 producer organizations participating in the MAS project implemented by TechnoServe with funds from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) signed a marketing agreement for more than 21,500 quintals of red beans for the first season with the Honduran Institute of Agricultural Marketing (IHMA). This agreement will benefit more than ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 27 June, 2016 | Topics: Agriculture, Press Releases, Success Stories, U.S. & Honduras, U.S. Agencies, Western Hemisphere | Tags: assistance, food security
TEGUCIGALPA – More than 200 coffee samples of small holders from the central-eastern region participated in Festicafé 2015; which 10 win a price. On March 12 and 13 the first coffee festival took place in El Paraiso, which includes the departments of El Paraiso, Francisco Morazan and Olancho, with the aim of promoting the high ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 26 March, 2015 | Topics: Agriculture, Commercial Opportunities, Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras, U.S. Agencies | Tags: agriculture, assistance, food security
TEGUCIGALPA – In 2014, USDA-TechnoServe began funding bean producer organizations –beneficiaries of the MAS project (Sustainable Agricultural Improvement)– with funds from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The investment was executed by TechnoServe and will support the first and second bean planting season: approximately 1,500 pounds of seed. In March more than 25 small ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 25 March, 2015 | Topics: Agriculture, Commercial Opportunities, Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras, U.S. Agencies | Tags: agriculture, assistance, food security
TEGUCIGALPA – The Embassy hosted Chef Guillermo Pernot for a nine-day culinary diplomacy program, which started in Tegucigalpa and ended in Roatan. Pernot is one of the many prestigious chefs who make up the American Chef Corps, a State Department partnership with the James Beard Foundation – one of the foremost culinary organizations in the ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 3 March, 2015 | Topics: Culture, Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras | Tags: culture, food security
As Honduras marks the first anniversary of the establishment of the “Dry Corridor Alliance,” the United States is proud to be a partner of this important initiative to improve the lives of thousands of people living in extreme poverty. With commitments of about $200 million, the Alliance –established in an agreement signed by President Hernandez ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 20 February, 2015 | Topics: Agriculture, Economic Issues, Fact Sheets, Statements, U.S. & Honduras, U.S. Agencies | Tags: assistance, development, economy, environment, food security
TEGUCIGALPA – On September 24 the U.S. Government announced $3.9 million in new food assistance funds to Honduras for those affected by drought and coffee rust. This assistance is part of a $10 million regional package to be distributed by the UN World Food Program, which will provide food assistance to close to 220,000 people in Honduras, ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 25 September, 2014 | Topics: Agriculture, Economic Issues, Environment, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras | Tags: assistance, food security, John Kerry
TEGUCIGALPA – A high level delegation from the governments of Honduras and the United States traveled to La Paz today, to see first-hand how U.S. assistance is helping reduce poverty and malnutrition in one of the departments most impacted by the current drought. U.S. Ambassador James D. Nealon and Tjada McKenna, Assistant to the USAID ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 9 September, 2014 | Topics: Agriculture, Ambassador, Economic Issues, Health Issues, Key Officials, Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras, U.S. Agencies | Tags: assistance, development, economy, food security
