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April 4, 2023

BSI hikes price of domestic blackstrap molasses by $60 to $355 per long ton

Inside sources in the sugar industry tell Breaking Belize News that the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association was unaware of the hike that takes effect on [...]
April 3, 2023

Belize’s Ministry of Agriculture collaborates with Mexico’s Agricultural Institute (INIFAP) to increase productivity in soybean, soursop, coconuts, pitahaya in Belize and Mexico

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: Recently a group of 20 Belizean technicians and producers from Belize’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise and the private sector attended a four-day [...]
April 3, 2023

Minister of Agriculture Jose Abelardo Mai thanks Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen for Taiwan’s assistance, expresses Belize’s solidarity

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise Jose Abelardo Mai thanked Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen for Taiwan’s assistance and extended Belize’s and his solidarity [...]
April 1, 2023

Agriculture Minister cites global inflation as the key factor in the poultry price increase

Mai explained that although Belize produces its own corn, the global increase in corn prices, driven by the U.S. as the world's largest producer, has a [...]
March 31, 2023

Ministry of Agriculture to train UB students, UB to train MAFSE personnel to enhance each other’s capacities

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: The University of Belize (UB) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Enterprise (MAFSE) on Thursday, March 30, signed a memorandum of [...]
March 30, 2023

Belize exports over 7,500 head of cattle to Guatemala, Mexico valued at over $10 million in first quarter of 2023

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: Belize has exported 7,532 head of cattle to Guatemala and Mexico in the first quarter of 2023.
March 30, 2023

Ministry of Agriculture holds a queen rearing workshop for young beekeepers

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Enterprise’s (MAFSE) Cayo Extension Department held a queen rearing workshop for young beekeepers at the Central [...]
March 30, 2023

University of Belize, Ministry of Agriculture sign institutional cooperation agreement

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: The University of Belize (UB) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Enterprise (MAFSE) signed an agreement to establish institutional cooperation.