Zamorano: A Unique Environment for Learning

In August 2008, during a tour of Honduras by journalists, we spent a day at the Pan-American College of Agriculture, better known as Zamorano, in the town of the same name a little outside the capitol of Tegucigalpa. The tour was sponsored by the Foundation for Investment and Development of Exports (FIDE).

Honduras is a small Central American country a few hours by plane from Miami. The country is trying to develop its food and agricultural exports to the United States and Europe. It has the adva…