In the first half of 2012 the volume of loans to micro, small and medium enterprises reached ¢243,000 million ($485 million) in the first half of 2012.
The figure represents an increase of just 1.36% compared to the same period in 2011, lower than the inflation rate, and 39% of the projections of the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade for all of 2012.
“Quesungual” is an agro-forestry method whereby the forest is not cut down. Instead, planting is done among dispersed trees that are pruned to allow light to filter in.
Hurricane Mitch’s path through Honduras in 1998 not only caused 10 thousand deaths, it destroyed 40% of the crop in the country. However, in Lempira, on the western part of the country, planting done through the “Quesungual,” method survived the forces unleashed by the wind and water.