Honduras Foundation for Agricultural Research

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. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= A Banana Supreme: 'Goldfinger' is Born |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PBPB&p_theme=pbpb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF861AA32BA476&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=The Palm Beach Post |publisher= |date=May 16, 1993 |page=1E |accessdate=2008-06-09 ] [ [http://archive.idrc.ca/books/reports/V221/banana.html International Development Research Centre (Canada): Breeding a Better Banana] ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Top banana. (disease-resistant hybrid banana) |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-157378_ITM |work=Discover |publisher= |date=July 1994 |accessdate=2008-06-09 ]

It continues 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. [cite web |url=http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2004/pr041130.html
title=Press Release 2004-107. USAID Launches $23 Million Program in Honduras |accessdate=2008-06-09 |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth= |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=December 1, 2004 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=USAID |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

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* [http://www.fhia.org.hn/ Fundacion Hondureña de Investigación Agricola] Sp icon
* [http://www.honduras.com/fhia/ Honduras Foundation for Agricultural Research] En icon