Bananas developed by the Honduran Agricultural Research Foundation (FHIA) are finding favour among local industry stakeholders.
The varieties, inclusive of the Goldfinger, Sweetheart and Dwarf Hybrid, are renowned for being disease-resistant and more suitable for cooking and processing into snacks.
Research and market studies conducted in Jamaica and Honduras show that the new varieties are deemed ideal for the production of chips and other value-added outputs.
It is highly resistant to the Black Sigatoka fungus, which devastated Jamaica’s banana crops in the past, as also the Panama Disease.
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