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December 19, 2023

Taiwanese experts, Central American representatives from Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador meet to discuss banana disease, protection of banana industry’s future

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: Taiwanese experts and Central American representatives from Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador recently met to discuss how to fight Fusarium TR4 (Banana Wilt) [...]
December 18, 2023

10 Toledo farmers receive incubator training for backyard poultry project

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: A group of 10 farmers from San Lucas Village, who are part of a backyard poultry project supported by HUMANA People to People, [...]
December 18, 2023

Toledo’s Corazon Creek Technical High School, Youth Agricultural Development and Livelihood Improvement Foundation receive specialized honey production equipment from Caribbean Development Bank

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: Corazon Village in the Toledo District hosted a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing event to boost the honey industry, the Ministry of Agriculture [...]
December 15, 2023

25 women complete one-week value-adding workshop

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: The Ministry of Agriculture (MAFSE) said Friday that 25 women from nine cooperatives countrywide completed a one-week value-adding course at Central Farm, [...]
December 15, 2023

Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute celebrates CARDI Day promoting youths, coconut production

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) Belize recently celebrated CARDI Day 2023 with two events that showcased the importance of agriculture [...]
December 14, 2023

Ministry of Agriculture hosts collaborative Training to Combat Fusarium TR4 Threat in Banana Crops

The training was held at the Orange Walk Agriculture Department. 
December 14, 2023

Stores are rationing sugar; Agriculture Minister Jose Mai says sugar volumes are dangerously low, may only last to Christmas

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: Due to the present scarcity of sugar, that has been blamed on the contraband trade to the neighbouring countries, stores around Belize have [...]
December 14, 2023

Economic growth in third quarter dragged down by off-seasons in agriculture, manufacturing sectors

Belize produced just under $1.2 billion in goods and services for July to September 2023, up 3.4 percent from the same period in 2022. The tertiary [...]