Company profile

SETRO, S. de R.L. is a privately owned company, located in Siguatepeque, Honduras, Central America. (SETRO stands for Semillas Tropicales which means Tropical Seeds). Its current owner, Oscar Ochoa, established SETRO in 1992 following the new policy of the Honduran government concerning the forestry sector.
The core-business of SETRO is producing and selling seeds. SETRO has specialised in seeds from trees of moderate to tropical climate such as the following:

Nitrogen fixing species
Forage species
Seeds for Agroforestry
Seed of Ornamental tree species
Tropical and temperate Coniferous seed species
Seeds of fast growing trees
Seeds of trees for firewood

SETRO sells also additional products for the forestry sector like
inoculates for several tropical seeds and
nursery products and materials

SETRO's market consists of government and non-governmental organizations, rural and development organisations as well as private companies all over the world. Further more SETRO has its own laboratory, cold store, database and library to be able to offer any kind of technical information to its customers anytime.

To optimise its quality and knowledge SETRO is co-operating with different organisations like:

Comercial Seed Annalists Association of Canada (CSAAC) - Canada
International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) - Switzerland
Red de Semillas Forestales (REMSEFOR) - Costa Rica
Administración Forestal de Honduras/Honduran Forestry Administration
Fundación para Educación Ecológica (EDUECO) - Honduras
Conservación de los Recursos Forestales Hondureños (CONSEFORH) - Honduras
Family Trees (La familia de los arboles) - U.S.A.

 

  Mission

Our mission as SETRO is to deliver to our customers the best quality and service possible at competitive prices to help maintain the world's forest

Setro clients around the world
Setro clients around the world