More and more Honduran farmers are cultivating organic products, a market that is growing internationally.
Consumers have become more demanding of quality standards and the way the food they eat is produced, so they prefer to buy products that have organic seals.
In the last ten years, the number of producers of this type of fruits, vegetables, and grains increased from 1,500 to 6,451. Meanwhile, the planted area increased from 4,400 to 31,574 hectares.
Carlos Galo, the head of the Department of Organic Agriculture of the National Service of Health and Food Safety (Senasa), said that last year the country had exported about 67,126 metric tons of organic products, i.e. 2,808 metric tons or more 4.35% than the 64,318 tons exported in 2016.
Honduras currently produces more than 17 different organic products, such as orange, sweet potato, vegetables, lime, banana, plantain, passion fruit, pineapple, and chili peppers.
Most of the production is exported to the international market, mainly to the United States, Europe, and Japan.
Source: laprensa.hn