Honduras Foundation for Agricultural Research
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Honduras Foundation for Agricultural Research (Fundacion Hondureña de Investigación Agricola or FHIA), (sometimes referred to as Honduras Foundation of Agricultural Research or Honduran Agricultural Research Foundation), is a not-for-profit research facility in San Pedro Sula, Cortés, Honduras which seeks to develop new disease-resistant breeds of banana and plantain, as well as carrying on research on cocoa and other plant species. Researchers at FHIA developed the Goldfinger banana, which is resistant to a plant disease which threatens the widely-cultivated Cavendish banana.[1] [2] [3]
It continues the the banana research program which the United Fruit Company originally established in 1958.
FHIA is also a participant in the Integrated Watershed Resources Management Program in Honduras financed by USAID.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "A Banana Supreme: 'Goldfinger' is Born", The Palm Beach Post, May 16, 1993, p. 1E. Retrieved on 2008-06-09.
- ^ International Development Research Centre (Canada): Breeding a Better Banana
- ^ "Top banana. (disease-resistant hybrid banana)", Discover, July 1994. Retrieved on 2008-06-09.
- ^ Press Release 2004-107. USAID Launches $23 Million Program in Honduras. USAID (December 1, 2004). Retrieved on 2008-06-09.
- "IDIAF reconoce a Franklin Rosales, investigador internacional en plátanos y bananos", El Nuevo Diario, 21/5/2008. Retrieved on 2008-06-09.
- Briceño, Germán. "Un proyecto regional y buenos precios impulsan el interés por expandir el cultivo. Volver al cacao, la bebida de los dioses mayas", La Prensa, June 6, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-06-09.
[edit] External links
- Fundacion Hondureña de Investigación Agricola (Spanish)
- Honduras Foundation for Agricultural Research (English) less current than Spanish-language site
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