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October 23, 2023

Western Region Youth Training Institute, formerly 4H, is recruiting young people to join their training agriculture-based training program

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: The Western Region Youth Training Institute is in the process of accepting applications for its agriculture-based training program.
October 23, 2023

Seeking new markets for pitahaya, Ministry of Agriculture, partners to conduct pitahaya promotion seminar in tourism sector in San Pedro this week

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: An inter institutional ‘pitahaya (dragon fruit) seminar in the tourism sector is to be held in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye this week.
October 21, 2023

In face of sugar contraband, Agriculture Minister Jose Abelardo Mai says sugar price increase is ‘right thing to do’; says it’s unfair for sugar industry to subsidize Guatemalans, Mexicans

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: Since February, Belize Sugar Industries Limited (BSI)/ASR Group and two of the four sugar cane farmers associations, the Progressive Sugar Cane Producers Association (PSCPA) and the [...]
October 21, 2023

BSI, 2 sugar cane farmers associations propose $0.25 hike on white, brown sugar to curb price disparity, contraband, and benefit sugar cane growers

Back in February, BSI asked Prime Minister John Briceño to increase the controlled price of brown sugar by $0.26 from $0.39 to $0.65. That was followed [...]
October 21, 2023

Ministry of Agriculture and Orange Walk Technical High School Commemorate World Food Day

Today, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise, in collaboration with Orange Walk Technical High School and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), celebrated World [...]
October 20, 2023

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization observe World Food Day today Friday, October 20

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Enterprise (MAFSE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations are today, October [...]
October 19, 2023

Registration of 2 new cooperatives from Orange Walk, Corozal ‘is a testament to the commitment, unity, and shared vision of the members’ – Ministry of Agriculture

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: Two new cooperatives, the Indian Church Farmers' Co-operative and the Northern Coconut Growers Co-operative, were registered on Thursday in Orange Walk, according to [...]
October 19, 2023

Ministry of Agriculture and JICA Conduct Cultivation Training for Potato Farmers

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Enterprise, in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), conducted cultivation training for potato farmers in the Orange [...]