Trip to Honduras

​Written by Becky Middleton
Canada West Mission Centre Co-President

From November 11 to December 6, 2023 my husband Doug and I were privileged to be in Honduras.

It was a different experience this time as there was no build going on.  We did some sightseeing, relaxing and certainly deeper relationship building with the Honduran people.

We also viewed some interesting agricultural projects World Accord is doing in association with Asocialayo, World Accord’s partner in Honduras.

Asocialayo is a farmers co-op group and we travelled with an agronomist staff member on two different days. The project featured 8 different varieties of beans (baking types) grown in 4 different locations. The study was testing for production as well as resistance to weevils and preference of the people for flavour and cooking. The object in the long run is to hybridize for optimum results of all the testing.

The testing groups besides physically caring for the planting were monitoring temperature, humidity and growth daily. There were women instrumental in all aspects of the experiment as they are important in determining the desired qualities for eating as well as production!
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It was a very interesting time and as farmers ourselves we are interested in the results! All in all we had a lovely trip!

Vaya con Dios,
Becky