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September 21, 2021

Remembering Rupert Smith: A stalwart in the Citrus Industry

Worldwide, Belize being no exception, there has been conscious efforts to honor men and women of importance while they are alive. Many media houses, including Breaking [...]
August 20, 2021

Massive diversification efforts approved to support the citrus industry – coconut, soursop and pineapple top the list

Information provided to Breaking Belize News (BBN) by the Ministry of Agriculture indicates that the diversification efforts approved by Cabinet will include pineapple, soursop, coconuts among [...]
August 19, 2021

Cabinet approves $15 million in loan financing to revitalize the citrus industry

In a Cabinet briefing released late this evening, Cabinet said that in "recognizing that the citrus industry is critical to Belize’s socioeconomic development, Cabinet approved the [...]
June 9, 2020

BREAKING: 2019-2020 citrus crop comes to an end – production stabilizing around 2 million boxes

At 2.11 million boxes, the 2019-2020 citrus crop fell short by just under 100,000 boxes from the 2.2 million boxes that industry experts had estimated for [...]
December 18, 2019

Citrus Growers Association holds successful AGM, continues push to restore citrus industry

The CGA's AGM, which was held on Saturday, December 14 at its compound at Mile 9 on the Stann Creek Valley Road, brought forth several resolutions [...]
September 24, 2019

Drought brings strange citrus fruit

According to Usher, the numbers for the crop are the same as last year, but the toll of the drought on production will not be seen [...]
March 3, 2016

CPBL delays payment to growers pending approval of loan facility

By Aaron Humes: Today citrus producer company Citrus Products of Belize Limited (CPBL) announced it will not be able to pay this week’s payroll to growers, [...]
September 2, 2015

SIB stats not comprehensive on citrus: CPBL’s Singh

down 49 and 53 percent respectively and fingered as a reason for the low rate of growth of the gross domestic product (GDP).