auto Honduras!!! Click to edit Master subtitle style 8/27/11 A Country to Invest in Agriculture 8/27/11 Why invest in Honduras?? More than 300 companies have set up offshore operations in Honduras over the last several years. We are suppliers to the United States of apparel and in the agro industry. We export Tilapia, Shrimp, Jalapeño Peppers, Bel Pepper, Bananas, Cantaloupes, Pineapples, Cocoa beans and several others commodities. Logistics (5 international airports, Sea Ports located 8/27/11 on the Pacific and Caribbean.) Why invest in Honduras?? Puerto Cortes has been certified as a MEGAPORT (Only Brazil and Argentina have such certification) Diverse climate and fertile land with excel ent potential for lowirrigation agriculture. 32 mil ion hectares ideal for cultivation Free Zones status. Growing areas located less than 4 hours away from main ports and/or airports. 8/27/11 Honduras main venue has not always been horticultural production; in the past the country’s strongest export sectors where: livestock, coffee, cotton, palm oil and grains. 8/27/11 With the newly developed technological advances (drip irrigation, crop protection, pest management, food safety, etc.) new production opportunities have emerged. 8/27/11 Chronological Sum m ary: 60 `s 70` s Livestock, grains, tomatoes, cotton, tobacco, etc. 70 `s 80` s Development Nontraditional products (ex. cucumber, dill, jalapeno, mango, lemon, grapefruit) 8/27/11 80 `s 90` s USAID development programs nontraditional export products (cucumber, jalapeno (process), pumpkins, mangoes)Rise of tomato production process. 90 `s 00` s China Technical Mission (Oriental Vegetables, Guava) Fintrac (Prod. Jalapeño, Sweet Potato, 8/27/11 Plantains, Cucumber, Squash expertise in Marketing and HACCP) 00 `s Today protected crops have been introduced (Bell peppers, Cucumber Slicer, European Cucumber) and other crops are commercially grown: sweet potatoes, okra American, plantain, oriental vegetables, etc. 8/27/11 Strengths Honduras has a wide range of products: horticultural crops, grains, livestock, poultry, swine, fish, etc. Comayagua’s is strategically located to the north coast and the capital. Puerto Cortes is located at a distance of 245 Km. [...]
Jesus Pronounces 6 Woes Against Pharisees and Lawyers Luke 11:37-54 Presented by Bob DeWaay July 13, 2008 Jesus transgresses an oral tradition Luke 11:37, 38 Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in, and reclined at the table. When the Pharisee saw it, he [...]
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9600 baud (and higher) packet radio on the cheap Saturday, August 27, 2011 9600 baud (and faster) packet radio on the cheap 1 Why 9600 baud? Its faster than 1200bd Its cheaper than 1200bd. Needs less kit. Greater bandwidth efficiency Greater data through put Saturday, August 27, 2011 9600 baud (and faster) packet radio on [...]
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